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Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenok
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CEP - Greenock and Inner Firth of Clyde
RMS Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock in 1966. Constructed in the mid 1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank. RMS Queen Elizabeth was a Royal Mail Ship (RMS). She was sold to a Hong Kong business to convert her into a floating university. She caught fire during construction and capsized. She was partially scrapped where she lay. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
02 January 1966
Castle of Mey, Caithness
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North-East Caithness
Castle of Mey, Caithness, home of the late HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who renovated it. It is now in the care of a charitable trust.
20 May 2011
Castle of Mey, Caithness
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North-East Caithness
Castle of Mey, Caithness, home of the late HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who renovated it. It is now in the care of a charitable trust.
20 May 2011
Castle of Mey, Caithness
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North-East Caithness
Walled garden of the Castle of Mey, Caithness, home of the late HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who renovated it. It is now in the care of a charitable trust.
20 May 2011
Castle of Mey, Caithness
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North-East Caithness
Castle of Mey, Caithness, home of the late HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who renovated it. It is now in the care of a charitable trust.
20 May 2011
Eriskay to South Uist causeway - opening sign
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Western Isles - South Uist
Eriskay to South Uist causeway - plaque commemorating the causeway opening by the Earl and Countess of Wessex in 2002.
02 July 2010
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Common knapweed, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. The distinguishing feature of this rare bee is the band of black hairs across the thorax where the wings join the body.
05 August 2017
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.
05 August 2017
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Red Clover, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), Balranald RSPB nature reserve, North Uist. One of Britain's rarest bumblebees, the Great Yellow is now restricted to some Scottish islands and the very north of Scotland. It has a particular association with nectar producing plants such as Red Clover and Bird's Foot Trefoil.
04 August 2017
Gannet colony, Noup Head, Westray
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Orkney - Westray
A colony of Gannets (Morus bassanus) occupies part of the Noup Head Old Red Sandstone cliffs on Westray. One Gannet is flying over, while two others are sky pointing, two others are mating, and five others sit brooding on their nests. Quite a scene of activity!
