Two Swans on the shore of the Sound of Islay

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Picture of two Swans on a pebble beach shore
Two Swans on the shore of the Sound of Islay

Spotted during an Islay walking week walk quite a few moons ago, two Mute Swans doing Swan things on a stony pebbly beach shore at the Sound of Islay.

November light at Kilchoman dunes and beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal landscape with dunes and beach at a bay in the November sunshine
November light at Kilchoman dunes and beach, Isle of Islay

A November morning on the west coast of Islay, walking through the Kilchoman dunes to the beach in some beautiful mild light. Also note the big log in the burn.

Cattle on Inverlussa beach, Isle of Jura

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Picture of some cattle on a small beach at the end of a bay
Cattle on Inverlussa beach, Isle of Jura

An excursion to Islay’s neighbour Jura on a mostly cloudy November day a good number of years ago. Among other places we stopped at Inverlussa beach where a few cows were enjoying the beach instead of the tourists who during the summer stop here to visit the “Tea on the Beach” cafe in an old horsebox.