Evening mood at the Loch Gruinart farms, Isle of Islay

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Picture of cattle in a field next to a sea loch, a farm on the other side of the lochAn evening at Loch Gruinart, cattle from Gruinart Farm grazing and resting in the mild evening light. Craigens on the other side of the loch.

 

Barnacle Geese from the new RSPB Gruinart hide, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Barnacle Geese resting on wetlands, many more in the air behind themAn October 2013 view from the new birdwatching hide at RSPB Gruinart. The Barnacle Geese had only a arrived a week before and were almost all staying at Gruinart at the time. They were also quite jumpy, providing an amazing spectacle again and again when thousands of them lifted off at the same time.

 

Barnacle Geese on ground and in air at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a nature reserve with thousands of Barnacle Geese both sitting on the ground and flying in the airA view over the reserve from the viewing platform at RSPB Gruinart in October 2013. Barnacle Geese in the thousands both on the ground and in the air.