Sheep and Barnacle Geese at Loch Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a few sheep and a large flock of Barnacle Geese on a field at a shoreOn Islay the regular inhabitants sometimes have to share a field with the winter visitors. Here a large number of Barnacle Geese lands in field with some grazing sheep next to Loch Gruinart.

Lamb and sheep at Sanaigmore Bay, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lamb and its mother on dunes above a bay with a beachA young lamb and its mother on the dunes above Sanaigmore Bay on a blustery April afternoon on Islay. The Paps of Jura in the distance on the right.

River Laggan and the Mull of Oa, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a river running towards a beach, a peninsula in the backgroundA view over the River Laggan as it flows towards the Big Strand to run into Laggan Bay. The Oa in the background, if you look closely you can make out the Mull of Oa with the American Monument in the mist. Taken during an Islay walking week walk to Laggan Point in April 2016.