Possibly one of the best mornings I’ve experienced on Islay. For some reason I can’t remember I was awake at stupid o’clock in the morning during a June visit to Islay, staying in Port Charlotte. I noticed some wonderful light and decided to head out with my camera. Got some wonderful views of Port Charlotte and the Loch Indaal lighthouse in the beautiful dawn light, this one looking back to Port Charlotte while walking over to the lighthouse.
A female Hen Harrier on the hunt, flying low above some Yellow Flag Iris in a field. Not entirely sure where I took the picture apart from that it was on the Loch Gorm circuit, I think probably somewhere between Coull Farm and Saligo.
This view looks rather different now (the picture is from April 2016), as the Machrie Hotel has been completely remodelled over the last few years. The Barnacle Geese are possibly still coming to the same field (if I remember correctly they often return to the same field for many years or even their whole life).
This picture is a different take on a cropped picture I posted a while ago: Barnacle Geese and the Machrie Hotel, Isle of Islay. Which version do you prefer, the cropped view or the wider view with more sky and field?