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Ringed plover and Lewisian Gneiss rocks, Vaul, Tiree
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Tiree - Vaul, Salum, Caolas and Gunna Sound
Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) against the Lewisian Gneiss rocks of Vaul, Tiree
28 April 2014
North-east coast of Coll near Sorisdale
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Coll - Sorisdale and Cairns of Coll
North-east coast of Coll near Sorisdale. Note the ancient Precambrian Lewisian gneiss which forms the rocky landscape.
26 August 2014
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Torridonian sandstone cliffs form the north coast of Handa, with the contrasting Lewisian gneiss of the mainland behind
20 June 2012
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Barra
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Western Isles - Barra
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), growing in Barra on Lewisian Gneiss, a metamorphic rock of which much of the geology of north-west Scotland is based.
26 June 2010
Hùisnis, North Harris
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Western Isles - North Harris (Ceann a Tuath na Hearadh)
Hùisnis, North Harris, showing the sandy beach and the Lewisian gneiss hills
28 June 2011
Beinn Alligin and the hills of Torridon
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Kyle of Lochalsh to Gairloch on PS Waverley
Beinn Alligin and the hills of Torridon from Gairloch
07 June 2012
Quinag and the River Inver
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Sutherland - Assynt
Quinag and the River Inver. Quinag consists of Torridonian Sandstone, and the most southerly summit Spidean Còinich (see inset) can be seen the whiter Cambrian quartzite
20 June 2012
Suilven from near Lochinver
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Sutherland - Assynt
The magnificent Suilven from near Lochinver - a distance of about 8 kilometres away, and a long walk in before it can be climbed. Although at 731 metres it is not a Munro, it is on many a hill walker's climbing list. It consists of ancient Torridonian sandstone.
20 June 2012
Stack and cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Stack and cliffs on the north coast of Handa, whitewashed by breeding auks
20 June 2012
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa. The people in the enlarged inset show the gigantic scale of the cliffs.
