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Beinn Alligin and the hills of Torridon
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Kyle of Lochalsh to Gairloch on PS Waverley
Beinn Alligin and the hills of Torridon from Gairloch
07 June 2012
Quinag and the River Inver
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Sutherland - Assynt
Quinag and the River Inver. Quinag consists of Torridonian Sandstone, and the most southerly summit Spidean Còinich (see inset) can be seen the whiter Cambrian quartzite
20 June 2012
Suilven from near Lochinver
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Sutherland - Assynt
The magnificent Suilven from near Lochinver - a distance of about 8 kilometres away, and a long walk in before it can be climbed. Although at 731 metres it is not a Munro, it is on many a hill walker's climbing list. It consists of ancient Torridonian sandstone.
20 June 2012
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Torridonian sandstone cliffs form the north coast of Handa, with the contrasting Lewisian gneiss of the mainland behind
20 June 2012
Stack and cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Stack and cliffs on the north coast of Handa, whitewashed by breeding auks
20 June 2012
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa. The people in the enlarged inset show the gigantic scale of the cliffs.
20 June 2012
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa, with auks on the ledges and a huge carpet of Thrift (Armeria maritima) growing on top.
20 June 2012
Sheer 100 metre cliffs on Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Sheer 100 metre cliffs of Torridonian sandstone on the west coast of Handa
20 June 2012
Walking on Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Walking on a boardwalk on Handa. The boardwalk replaces an earlier path which had been subject to erosion from dozens of visitors every day. Geos (parallel cliff-sided inlets) to the right and the mainland of Sutherland behind.
20 June 2012
Gannet colony, Noup Head, Westray
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Orkney - Westray
A colony of Gannets (Morus bassanus) occupies part of the Noup Head Old Red Sandstone cliffs on Westray. One Gannet is flying over, while two others are sky pointing, two others are mating, and five others sit brooding on their nests. Quite a scene of activity!
