Wildlife watching at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a group of walkers looking out for wildlife during a walk along a soundA picture from one of the early Islay walking weeks. DJ (on the left) took us along the Sound of Islay. Here we stopped to watch some wildlife, the binoculars came out for a closer view. On the right my late mother, she joined me for this week.

 

MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a ferry approaching along a sound between two islands, a lighthouse in the distanceA view of the Calmac ferry MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig along the Sound of Islay. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound.

Returning to Proaig from McArthur’s Head, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a man walking on a rough grassy path close to a shoreA picture of me on a walk in the south east of Islay a few years back, courtesy of my sister Imke. We had walked from Ardtalla to Proaig together, my sister then rested at Proaig while I continued to McArthur’s Head. Here I am returning to Proaig to pick up my sister for the walk back to Ardtalla.