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Meadow Pipit, Ballyhaugh, Coll
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Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), Ballyhaugh, Coll
07 May 2019
Skylark, Ballyhaugh, Coll
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Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Ballyhaugh, Coll
07 May 2019
Native black bee hive on Coll
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Dark European Honey Bee or native Black bee (Apis mellifera mellifera), Coll, another isolated outpost of black bee stock derived from populations on Colonsay.
07 May 2019
Hives of native Black bee, Coll
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Hives of Dark European Honey Bee or native Black bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) on Coll, derived from a colony on Colonsay.
07 May 2019
The Small Isles from Coll
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Tràigh Thorastain from A' Chròic, Coll, looking towards the Small Isles. From left to right are the mountainous islands of Rum and Eigg.
24 August 2014
Greylag Geese, Coll
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Flock of Greylag Geese (Anser anser) on Coll, with Rum in the background. Some Greylag Geese in the UK can be fairly tame around humans, but the Scottish populations tend to be much more wild, and these ones are nearly all alert.
26 August 2014
Tràigh Thorastain, Coll
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A stream runs out into the Sea of the Hebrides at Tràigh Thorastain, one of many places on the north-west coast of Coll where machair flowers mingle with ancient Lewisian gneiss rocks and sandy beaches in a beautiful scenic combination.
23 August 2014
Flock of Rock doves
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A flock of Rock doves (Columba livia) roosting at Windy Gap in north-west Coll.
23 August 2014
Highland cattle
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Highland beef cow, Arnabost, Coll. The Victorians preferred ginger and started breeding selectively to maximise reddish stock, resulting in the prevalence of that colour today. This one is the captain of the Coll football team, and is strutting about on the pitch!
27 April 2014
The Coll football team
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The Coll football team consists of Highland beef cattle, here playing at Arnabost, Coll. Highland cows are not always ginger and can come in black, brindle, red, yellow, and dun. There is considerable difference of opinion among breeders as to which is preferable.
