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Erskine Ferry warning sign in 1967
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Erskine Ferry warning sign (the official road sign for a quayside or river bank) in 1967. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
18 September 2007
Sand Martin nest holes in the bank of the Clyde, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) nest holes in the river cliff of the Clyde, Baron's Haugh, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
River bank erosion at Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Erosion of the bank of the River Clyde, Baron's Haugh, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
Flock of Herring Gulls and Black-headed Gulls loafing on mudflats, Kinneil
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Flock of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) loafing on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Avon, Kinneil, where it flows into the Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar. Many of the gulls are immature or sub-adult, as can be seen from the brown flecks on their plumage.
28 January 2023
The Ochil Hills and the remains of Longannet Power Station
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
The Ochil Hills and the partially dismantled remains of Longannet Power Station, seen above the mudflats at the mouth of the River Avon, Kinneil, where it flows into the Firth of Forth.
Sewage sludge boat Garroch Head on the River Clyde at Shieldhall Sewage Works in 1987. In the old days it was possible to get a free day trip on a sludge boat "doon the watter" to the Firth of Clyde, into which the sewage was discharged . The Garroch Head was the last sludge boat and this practice ended in 1998. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Rothesay Dock with piles of coal, 1975
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Rothesay Dock with piles of coal, 1975. The dock was built in 1907 and opened by the then Duke of Rothesay. Its purpose was to ease congestion in the upper part of the River Clyde in Glasgow, and to export local coal and supply coal to ships sailing from the Clyde. It imported iron ore for the steelworks in Lanarkshire, before later importing coal again to feed the large power stations of the central belt of Scotland. The coal and iron ore trade has gone, and the dock is now home to the Clyde Boatyard and to Clydebank Port Services. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
18 September 2007
John Brown Engineering and Rothesay Dock from the air, 1972
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
John Brown Engineering and Rothesay Dock from the air, 1972. The dock was built in 1907 and opened by the then Duke of Rothesay. Its purpose was to ease congestion in the upper part of the River Clyde in Glasgow, and to export local coal and supply coal to ships sailing from the Clyde. It imported iron ore for the steelworks in Lanarkshire, before later importing coal again to feed the large power stations of the central belt of Scotland. The coal and iron ore trade has gone, and the dock is now home to the Clyde Boatyard and to Clydebank Port Services. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
18 September 2007
Bulk carrier unloading iron ore, General Terminus Quay, Glasgow, 1974
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
A bulk carrier unloading iron ore imported to General Terminus Quay on the River Clyde in Glasgow in 1974. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 July 2007
Bulk carrier unloading iron ore, General Terminus Quay, Glasgow, 1974
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
A bulk carrier unloading iron ore imported to General Terminus Quay on the River Clyde in Glasgow in 1974. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
