Tag Archives: Loch Gruinart

Beach and dunes on the way to Ardnave Point, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal landscape with a beach and dunes on an island, another island on the horizon
Beach and dunes on the way to Ardnave Point, Isle of Islay

A view on the way from Ardnave along Loch Gruinart to Ardnave Point in the north west of Islay. Colonsay visible in the distance.

Barnacle Geese on Loch Gruinart at low tide, Isle of Islay

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Barnacle Geese on Loch Gruinart at low tide, Isle of Islay

Low tide in Loch Gruinart, some of the Barnacle Geese spending the winter on Islay have decided to roost here on a November afternoon.

Lapwings in flight at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Lapwings in flight at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

I’m not sure what the collective noun for Lapwings is, a quick internet search brought me deceit or desert. Either way, here are quite a few Lapwings in flight at Gruinart.