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.

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Derelict wartime buildings on Inchmickery

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

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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.

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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