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Distant raptor in front of Mull’s Ben More, seen from Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a bird of prey in flight in front of a distant mountain
Distant raptor in front of Mull’s Ben More, seen from Gruinart, Isle of Islay

A view from the RSPB Loch Gruinart reserve on Islay, looking over to Colonsay (middle distance) and the Isle of Mull with Ben More (far distance). A bird of prey, I believe a Buzzard, in flight above the shore of Loch Gruinart.

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.

Snow capped Ben More on Mull seen from the Sound of Islay

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Snow capped Ben More on Mull seen from the Sound of Islay

A view from the ferry approaching Port Askaig in the Sound of Islay on an April evening. A snow capped Ben More on Mull in the distance. In the foreground Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse on Islay’s neighbour Jura.