Platform supply vessel Skandi Foula passing the control tower to arrive in Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland's main oil industry support base.
23 January 2016
Aberdeen Harbour
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Harbour, oil industry support base, with a platform supply vessel
23 January 2016
Oil industry barges in Lerwick harbour
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Shetland - Lerwick
Oil industry barges in Lerwick harbour; the nearer barge has piling for Atlantic oil fields in the West Shetland basin; the further away is the floatel Kalmar, providing accommodation for the Shetland gas project.
10 July 2013
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
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North Sea
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
20 October 2012
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
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North Sea
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
20 October 2012
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
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North Sea
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
20 October 2012
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
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North Sea
Sunset over the Amethyst gas field, North Sea
20 October 2012
Five Sisters Bing, West Lothian
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West Lothian
The FIve Sisters Bing, also known as the Westwood Bing is located near West Calder in West Lothian. Bings were used between 1851 and 1963 to discard remnants of shale. Unlike other bings, the FIve Sisters Bing was built by machines, reducing manual labour greatly. Shale was brought to the centre of the bings by a conveyor belt, where it was transferred into large trucks on rails. The rails would lead up to the top of the bing where the shale would be disposed of over the other side. The outer two bings were formed at the beginning of WWII, and then in the early 50s the rails were removed and tipping occurred between the two bings, forming the inner three. The Five Sisters Bing supports more vegetation than most other bings (thought to be due to the shale being more finely graded). Taken by David Palmar.
15 July 2023
Lapwing flock in flight
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Grangemouth
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) flock in flight, Grangemouth
