Lizard on stones along the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a Lizard on some stones of various sizesAdmittedly you can’t really see that this on the shore of the Sound of Islay (you have to trust me there), although I’d see some of the things you can spot indicate at least that it is on a sea shore. Not from the Sound of Islay I believe is the Lizard we spotted in the warm April sunshine during a walk along the shore.

MV Eilean Dhiura on a clear day in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a small car ferry in a Sound between two islands on a clear sunny dayThe MV Eilean Dhiura crossing from Islay to Jura on a very clear April afternoon in 2015. In the middle distance the small lighthouse at Carragh an t-Sruith on Jura. Behind it the north of Colonsay and in the far distance the Isle of Mull with Ben More (the only island Munro outside of the Isle of Skye).

The north, Rhuvaal and Sound of Islay panorama

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Panoramic picture of the northern end of an island with a lighthouse and a sound between two islandsA panoramic view of the northern end of Islay, Rhuvaal lighthouse in the centre. The raised beaches of the north coast start on the left. On the right the Sound of Islay stretching down south, Jura on the other side with the Paps of Jura towering over the Sound. Colonsay also just visible in the distance towards the left.