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Glacial erratic boulder and fish farm, Loch Eriboll
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Sutherland - Loch Eriboll and Ben Hope
Glacial erratic boulder, Loch Eriboll, with a fish farm using the water, where there was an important naval anchorage during Word War II
22 May 2011
Panorama of Brae Wick, the Neap and the Drongs
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Shetland - Eshaness and Hillswick
Brae Wick with the cliffs of the Neap, the Runk, (a stack off the Neap) and the Drongs of Hillswick in the distance, Eshaness, Shetland. In the foreground is a lagoon and storm beach, which show the power of the Atlantic.This composite image is available as a large panorama which will print to at least 30 inches by 12 inches.
19 July 2013
Glacial erosion, Allt Mhuic
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Allt Mhuic Loch Arkaig
Photograph displaying the effects of a glacial erosion on geomorphology at the Allt Mhuic Butterfly Reserve near Loch Arkaig, Invernessshire.
18 May 2024
The snowy Cairngorms from near Aviemore
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Cairngorms National Park in winter
The snowy Cairngorms looking south-east from near Aviemore, showing from left to right the skiing area of Cairngorm, the cliffs of Cairn Lochan, the U-shaped valley of the Lairig Ghru and the corries of Braeriach, taken by David Palmar
21 March 2022
Yellow Flag Iris and Duncryne, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) in Twenty Acres - compartment 10, RSPB Loch Lomond, a habitat suitable for butterflies, taken by David Palmar. In the background is Duncryne, a crag and tail landform. The crag is an old volcanic neck - probably Carboniferous - and the tail, being in the lee of the hard crag rock, has escaped as much glacial erosion by the last ice age in the region of 10,000 years ago.
07 June 2023
The snowy Cairngorms from near Aviemore
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Cairngorms National Park in winter
The snowy Cairngorms looking south-east from near Aviemore, showing from left to right the skiing area of Cairngorm, the cliffs of Cairn Lochan, the U-shaped valley of the Lairig Ghru and the corries of Braeriach, taken by David Palmar
21 March 2022
Snow bunting on a boulder beach at Prestonpans, East Lothian
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Musselburgh and Prestonpans
Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) on a boulder beach at Prestonpans, East Lothian, taken by Claudia Caporusso. They breed in the high Arctic and on mountain tops in Scotland. In winter, some descend to the coasts while others remain in the mountains, often at a lower altitude, where they can find food, such as at the Cairngorm, Glenshee and the Lecht car parks which are good places to see them.
15 March 2020
Cairngorms from Glenshee
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Glenshee - Scenery and Mountain hares in winter
The Cairngorms from Glenshee, showing features of glacial erosion, such as corries, U-shaped hollows carved out thousands of years ago by small glaciers on the sides of the mountains, and where snow still lies today. On the ridge in the foreground is a layer of loose rock caused by frost-shattering, a freeze-thaw process which breaks up rocks.
03 February 2007
Five Mountain Hares against corrie, Glenshee
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Glenshee - Scenery and Mountain hares in winter
Five Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) standing out in their winter coat against the lack of snow in the background corrie, Glenshee. Because of climate change there is less snow cover than previously, and the hares are now more obvious, and more susceptible to predation.
03 February 2007
Golden plover flock on boulder beach, Firth of Clyde
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South Ayrshire - Girvan
Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) flock roosting on boulder beach in South Ayrshire in February. The flock are resting, camouflaged on the beach amongst the boulders, on their migration back to their breeding grounds in the north.
