Wreck and puddles on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an old wreck surrounded by water puddles on a sandy beach. dunes in the background
Wreck and puddles on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

A view of the wreck of the Patti on Kilchoman beach on the west coast of Islay on a moody April morning. Some puddles remaining around the wreck after the tide had gone out, the Kilchoman dunes and crags in the background.

Shore birds on northern Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Curlew Sandpipers, Oystercatchers and gulls on the sand at the end of a beach
Shore birds on northern Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

A view from the northern end of Kilchoman beach on an April morning, groups of shore birds on the beach. They all seem to have largely kept among themselves. From front to back Curlew Sandpipers, Oystercatchers and some Gulls.

Morning plane over the Kilchoman dunes, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a passenger plane over some dunes and low hills
Morning plane over the Kilchoman dunes, Isle of Islay

You might have to look closer, but you can spot the morning service plane to Islay in the middle of the sky over the Kilchoman dunes and low hills on the Rhinns of Islay