Approaching sunset at Saligo Bay, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a cloudy summer evening sunset at the sea with the sun just breaking through the cloudsA calm but cloudy summer evening at Saligo Bay in June 2014. The sun managed to break through the clouds at times, creating some nice light. The view is from the dunes above Saligo Bay

 

Six Spotted Burnet Moth near Saligo, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Six Spotted Burnet Moth in high grassThe third guest picture from Keith Wood, a Six Spotted Burnet Moth in the machair at Saligo. Taken during Keith’s Islay holiday in June 2014, where it entranced him and his wife while they sat overlooking Saligo Bay.

Thank you, Keith!

 

The “Opera House Rocks”, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a rock formation which in a way reminds of the famous opera house in Sydney, AustraliaNo, that’s not their real name. But to many people on Islay and elsewhere they are known as the “Opera House Rocks”, as they with a bit of imagination remind of the famous opera house in Sydney, Australia. Most people will know their silhouette looking north from Saligo Bay, here’s a closer look from a walk up the coast north of Saligo.