Category Archives: Jura Excursion

A picture from an excursion to Islay’s neighbour Jura

Two mute swans at Craighouse, Isle of Jura

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Picture of two mute swans seen from above
Two mute swans at Craighouse, Isle of Jura

I’m not sure where exactly in Craighouse on Jura I saw them, but here are two mute swans in the Bay of Small Isles off the main village on Jura.

Starling in some seaweed at the Bay of Small Isles, Isle of Jura

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Picture of a starling on some rotting seaweed on a shore
Starling in some seaweed at the Bay of Small Isles, Isle of Jura

Spotted on the shore of Jura’s Bay of Small Isles, a single Starling looking for some food (I assume. Not entirely sure what it was looking for. It was picking away in the seaweed for a while).

Eilean Beag (where George Orwell stranded), Isle of Jura

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Picture of a very small rocky island (more an outcrop) off a much larger island
Eilean Beag (where George Orwell stranded), Isle of Jura

A view of Eilean Beag at the northern end of Jura, seen from the Gulf of Corryvreckan. This is where George Orwell was briefly stranded with his young son when his boat got into trouble in the Corryvreckan. Luckily a fishing boat came past and was able to rescue them.