Wide Kilchoman beach and dunes, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a wide sandy beach with dunes behind it
Wide Kilchoman beach and dunes, Isle of Islay

A view north east from the southern end of Kilchoman in Machir Bay on the west coast of Islay. The dunes towering over the beach.

Barnacle Geese on Loch Gruinart at low tide, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Barnacle Geese on a sea loch at low tide
Barnacle Geese on Loch Gruinart at low tide, Isle of Islay

Low tide in Loch Gruinart, some of the Barnacle Geese spending the winter on Islay have decided to roost here on a November afternoon.

Dolphin jumping in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a Dolphin jumping in the Sound of Islay
Dolphin jumping in the Sound of Islay

Watched from the leaving ferry in Port Askaig, a Dolphin jumping in the Sound of Islay (and I think there’s another one in the water right next to it)