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Light-bellied Brent goose, Tiree
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Tiree - Scarinish and Gott Bay
Light-bellied Brent goose (Branta bernicla), Tràigh Mhor, Gott Bay. On Tiree, flocks of up to 200 are mostly seen on migration in September-October and April-May, between their breeding grounds in Canada and their wintering sites in Ireland.
25 September 2013
Brent Geese, Loch Ryan
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Galloway - Loch Ryan
Pale-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) eating Eel grass (Zostera sp, probably Zostera marina), Loch Ryan
21 February 2009
Ben Mor Coigach
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
Ben Mor Coigach framed by Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) above Loch Cùl Dromannan
19 June 2012
Stac Pollaidh and midges in evening light
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
Stac Pollaidh (Stac Polly) in evening light from Loch Cùl Dromannan. A cloud of midges (Culicoides impunctatus) is highlighted by the sunset. The females midges suck human blood, but mostly that of cattle, sheep and deer.
19 June 2012
Stac Pollaidh in evening light
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
Stac Pollaidh (Stac Polly) in evening light from Loch Cùl Dromannan
19 June 2012
Stac Pollaidh in evening light
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
Stac Pollaidh (Stac Polly) in evening light from Loch Cùl Dromannan
19 June 2012
yachts and fishing boats in Loch Broom
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Ullapool, Coigach and Inverpolly
yachts and fishing boats in Loch Broom, Ullapool, in evening light
19 June 2012
Light Emerald, Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) at Insh Marshes.
27 July 2024
Dubh Sgeir light and Cullipool
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Argyllshire - Firth of Lorn
Dubh Sgeir light and Cullipool on Luing from PS Waverley
23 May 2023
Hunterston iron ore and coal terminal, Firth of Clyde by night in 2006
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Hunterston iron ore and coal terminal, Firth of Clyde by night in 2006. The terminal was originally built in 1979 to import iron ore for Ravenscraig steelworks. Later it was used to import coal for power stations such as Longannet. In 2020 the coal unloading facilities were demolished.
