Starry night sky over Loch Indaal from Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a wide starry night sky seen from a hill. Two villages in the distance, a road lit up by a passing car below
Starry night sky over Loch Indaal from Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

The counterpart to the starry night sky over Ballitarsin, the view out over Loch Indaal from it. Plenty of stars up in the night sky, you can just about make out the Milky Way. The lights of three villages in the distance, Bowmore and behind it Port Charlotte on the left and Bruichladdich on the right. A car driving past lighting up the single track road below. Something I’d usually avoid in a starry night picture, but I think here it enhances it.

Starry night sky over Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a clear starry night sky above a house with some light inside, some clouds on the horizon
Starry night sky over Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

A brief clear moment during an October night at Ballitarsin, plenty of stars in the sky over the lodge.

Starlings on telephone/power lines, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a good number of Starlings on some overhead lines
Starlings on telephone/power lines, Isle of Islay

Spotted from the Glen Road somewhere near Ballitarsin, a good number of Starlings on the overhead telephone/power (not sure what they are) lines.