After the November Rain, Isle of Islay

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Picture of rain clearing with the clouds breaking up over a wet single track roadA view from the road between Gruinart and Loch Gorm after some heavy rain over the west of Islay. Some very heavy rain had just stopped and the clouds started to break while some of the rain water was still running down the sides of the road.

Landing Lapwing at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Lapwing landing in some wetlandThe RSPB reserve at Loch Gruinart is a good place to watch a variety of birds on Islay. This Lapwing I watched from the hide at Gruinart, landing in the wetlands.