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.

Swans opposite Bruichladdich (2), Isle of Islay

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Picture of several Swans on the shore of a sea loch, a village with a whisky distillery on the opposite shore
Swans opposite Bruichladdich (2), Isle of Islay

Another view of the dozen Whooper Swans opposite Bruichladdich on the shore of Loch Indaal below Ard-Chruaidh outside Bowmore: One of them stretching its wings this time.

Barnacle Geese above the Laddie Shop, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a large number of Barnacle Geese above a distillery building with Laddie Shop written on it
Barnacle Geese above the Laddie Shop, Isle of Islay

After finishing some Islay single malt whisky shopping at Bruichladdich distillery I noticed a good number of Barnacle Geese passing over the Laddie Shop