Hare outside Fieldgate, Kilchoman, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Hare on some grass, a gate just visible in the background
Hare outside Fieldgate, Kilchoman, Isle of Islay

Spotted outside Fieldgate Cottage at Kilchoman, a Hare just about to run off.

Machir Bay coastal scene at low tide, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal beach scene at low tide, rocks in the sand
Machir Bay coastal scene at low tide, Isle of Islay

Low tide at the southern end of Kilchoman beach in Machir Bay on the west coast of Islay. Some of the rocks in the beach are exposed while the water is out.

Pedants’ Corner on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of writing in the sand on a beach, correcting a mistake in an earlier writing
Pedants’ Corner on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

The wreck in the middle of Kilchoman beach, below the high water line, is believed to be the Patti, an early steamship with a square boiler wrecked in the 1840s. The remains of the Mary Ann are at the very top of the beach in the north.