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Primrose at Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Primrose (Primula Vulgaris) at Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis, growing rather small, and flowering late (21 June) in this harsh salty and windy environment.
21 June 2011
Mèalasta, and Eilean Mhèalasta, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Mol Foirsgeo, Mèalasta, with Eilean Mhèalasta and Scarp in the background. A bit beyond the sandy beach is the slipway at Mèalasta, the end of the road, 45 miles from Stornoway.
21 June 2011
Red-throated diver, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) taking off, Uig, Lewis
21 June 2011
Golden Plover, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Uig, Lewis.
20 June 2011
Camas na Clibhe, Bhaltos, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Camas na Clibhe, a sandy beach near Bhaltos, Uig, Lewis
21 June 2011
Wartime buildings, Breanais, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Ruined wartime buildings, Breanais, Uig, Lewis. Several hundred military personnel were garrisoned at Breanais, Islibhig and Mealasta during the Second World War. The RAF had a radar station.
21 June 2011
Red-throated diver, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) taking off, Uig, Lewis
21 June 2011
Red-throated diver, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata), Uig, Lewis
21 June 2011
Lousewort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Lousewort, (Pedicularis Sylvatica), Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. It grows on damp moorland, and is partially parasitic on the roots of other plants, in an attempt to gain nutrients on this poor moorland soil.
21 June 2011
Common Butterwort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) in flower at Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. Butterwort is a carnivorous plant which has sticky leaves to catch insects. This enables it to live in nutrient-poor soild such as the peat bogs of north-western Scotland
