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Wartime buildings, Breanais, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Ruined wartime buildings, Breanais, Uig, Lewis. Several hundred military personnel were garrisoned at Breanais, Islibhig and Mealasta during the Second World War. The RAF had a radar station.
21 June 2011
The former explosives factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Part of Alfred Nobel's explosives factory at Ardeer, North Ayrshire, established in 1871 and forming a vital part of the defence effort in both World Wars. The site was subsequently run by ICI and eventualy closed in the 1990s. The brownfield site left over from its closure and abandonment is now one of the most nature-rich sites in Scotland.
04 May 2024
The former explosives factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Part of Alfred Nobel's explosives factory at Ardeer, North Ayrshire, established in 1871 and forming a vital part of the defence effort in both World Wars. The site was subsequently run by ICI and eventualy closed in the 1990s. The brownfield site left over from its closure and abandonment is now one of the most nature-rich sites in Scotland.
04 May 2024
The former explosives factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Part of Alfred Nobel's explosives factory at Ardeer, North Ayrshire, established in 1871 and forming a vital part of the defence effort in both World Wars. The site was subsequently run by ICI and eventualy closed in the 1990s. The brownfield site left over from its closure and abandonment is now one of the most nature-rich sites in Scotland.
04 May 2024
The former explosives factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Part of Alfred Nobel's explosives factory at Ardeer, North Ayrshire, established in 1871 and forming a vital part of the defence effort in both World Wars. The site was subsequently run by ICI and eventualy closed in the 1990s. The brownfield site left over from its closure and abandonment is now one of the most nature-rich sites in Scotland.
04 May 2024
Edinburgh from Inchmickery
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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
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.
07 November 2022
Derelict wartime buildings on Inchmickery
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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
Derelict wartime buildings on Inchmickery, Firth of Forth, taken by David Palmar
07 November 2022
Shag nest in wartime building, Inchmickery
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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
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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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
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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Firth of Forth - Inchmickery
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.
