Busy day on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a normally empty beach with a good number of people on it
Busy day on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

Seen from the old radar station at Kilchiaran, a busy October day on KIlchoman beach. Usually the beach is mostly empty, I think this is probably some of the busiest I’ve ever seen it.

Unicow and her calf, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a unicow and her calf on a path on a hill
Unicow and her calf, Isle of Islay

Spotted on the track between Kilchoman and Kilchiaran, a rare Highland Unicow and her calf.

Dubh Artach lighthouse and Kilchiaran radar station, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an old radar station on the top of a coastal hill with a lighthouse on the horizon across the sea
Dubh Artach lighthouse and Kilchiaran radar station, Isle of Islay

A view west from Beinn Tart a’Mhill, the highest hill on the Rhinns of Islay. In front of us the old radar station at Kilchiaran, in the distance on the horizon (towards the left) is Dubh Artach lighthouse.