Two Whooper Swans in front of Killinallan Point, Isle of Islay

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Picture of two Whooper Swans in flight over the mouth of a sea loch, dunes behind them
Two Whooper Swans in front of Killinallan Point, Isle of Islay

Watched from the RSPB Loch Gruinart bird hide using a strong telephoto lens, two Whooper Swans at the mouth of Loch Gruinart with Killinallan Point behind them. The Isle of Mull in the distance.

My parents passing Killinallan Point, Isle of Islay

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Picture of two walkers on a beach along some dunes, a loch stretching out in the distance on the side
My parents passing Killinallan Point, Isle of Islay

My late parents (my mother passed away in 2008, my father in 2017) on our last family holiday together on Islay in 2007. This was I think the longest walk during that holiday, I took them from Killinallan gate to Gortaintaoid and then back along the beach around Killinallan Point. This is them going around Killinallan Point on the final stretch of the walk, Loch Gruinart stretching out into the distance on the right.

Killinallan Point at high tide, Isle of Islay

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Picture of some dunes with a high tide reaching the foot of the dunes
Killinallan Point at high tide, Isle of Islay

A few steps further from the Killinallan dunes at high tide, just about to go around the corner at Killinallan Point. Ardnave visible on the other side of Loch Gruinart.