Eigg electricity backup batteries

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Eigg electricity backup batteries allow the power supply to be evened out when the wind isn't blowing, the sun isn't shining or there isn't enough water for the hydro stations. AS a last resort there are the infrequently used backup diesel generators.

01 September 2016

Edinburgh from Inchmickery

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View of Edinburgh from Inchmickery, taken by David Palmar.
On the left is Arthur's Seat, then Salisbury Crags, then to the right is the old town along the Royal Mile, ending up on the right at Edinburgh Castle.
In the foreground are the derelict wartime buildings on Inchmickery.

07 November 2022

Derelict wartime buildings on Inchmickery

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Derelict wartime buildings on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar

07 November 2022

Shag nest in wartime building, Inchmickery

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Nest of Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the gun ports of a wartime building on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar. There is plastic netting incorporated into the nests, in which birds may become tangled or eat and perish.

07 November 2022

Shag nests in wartime building, Inchmickery

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Nests of Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the gun ports of a wartime building on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar

07 November 2022

Wartime lookout and gun post on Inchmickery

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Wartime lookout and gun post on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, looking towards Burntisland, Fife, taken by David Palmar.
Beside the building is invasive Common Elder (Sambucus nigra) which is currently being removed by RSPB work parties to aloow seabirds space to nest.

07 November 2022

Inchmickery with Second World War structures

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Inchmickery in the Firth of Forth, with its complex of Second World War structures - lookout posts, gun emplacements and wartime battery, taken by David Palmar

07 November 2022

Inch Garvie with its 16th century castle under the Forth Bridge

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Inch Garvie with its 16th century castle under the Forth Bridge, refortified during the Second World War, taken on a cruise from South Queensferry to Kincardine Bridge and back on the Maid of the Forth - an IFLI event called The Inner Forth from a New Perspective.

01 September 2017

The Forth Bridge from the Maid of the Forth

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The Forth Bridge taken on a cruise from South Queensferry to Kincardine Bridge and back on the Maid of the Forth - an IFLI event called The Inner Forth from a New Perspective.

01 September 2017

The Forth Bridge and Inch Garvie from the Maid of the Forth

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The Forth Bridge and Inch Garvie with its 16th century castle, fortified again in the Second World War. The Forth Bridge was opened in 1890.
The picture was taken on a cruise from South Queensferry to Kincardine Bridge and back on the Maid of the Forth - an IFLI event called The Inner Forth from a New Perspective.

01 September 2017