Barnacle Geese over Loch Gruinart and Killinallan, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Barnacle Geese in flight over a sea loch with dunes in the distanceA sunny view from the new hide at RSPB Gruinart, looking out towards the dunes at Killinallan. Barnacle Geese flying past having been spooked by something. Mull (with Ben More) and Colonsay also just visible in the haze in the distance.

Three Geese and a faint Moon, Isle of Islay

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Picture of three Barnacle Geese in flight with a faint Moon in the backgroundTaken on an October afternoon on Islay, three Barnacle Geese in the mild afternoon sun with a faint Moon visible in the sky behind them.

Geese passing the Opera House Rocks, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a number of Barnacle Geese flying high in the air over a landscape with a rock formationA bright, sunny and clear morning on Islay in October 2013. Barnacle Geese have been spooked near Kilchoman and are flying east, passing the ‘Opera House Rocks’ in this view.