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Gannet colony, Noup Head, Westray
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Westray
A colony of Gannets (Morus bassanus) occupies part of the Noup Head Old Red Sandstone cliffs on Westray. One Gannet is flying over, while two others are sky pointing, two others are mating, and five others sit brooding on their nests. Quite a scene of activity!
11 May 2013
Arran from the Crocodile Rock, Millport
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Millport, Firth of Clyde
Arran from the Crocodile Rock, Millport, Great Cumbrae on the Firth of Clyde
26 September 2020
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Barra
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Barra (Barraigh)
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), growing in Barra on Lewisian Gneiss, a metamorphic rock of which much of the geology of north-west Scotland is based.
26 June 2010
Ailsa Craig northern caves
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Ailsa Craig Scenery, Plants and Animals
The north side of Ailsa Craig with 3 caves and the path to the northern fog horn.
24 June 2007
Ailsa Craig southern cliffs and gannetry
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Ailsa Craig Scenery, Plants and Animals
Ailsa Craig southern cliffs, showing columnar jointed granite and part of the colony of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus).
24 June 2007
Ailsa Craig southern cliffs and gannetry
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Ailsa Craig Scenery, Plants and Animals
Ailsa Craig southern cliffs, showing columnar jointed granite and both below and above that, parts of the colony of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus).
24 June 2007
Ailsa Craig southern cliffs
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Ailsa Craig Scenery, Plants and Animals
Ailsa Craig southern cliffs, showing columnar jointed granite and a vertical dyke intrusion.
24 June 2007
Bowling and the Kilpatrick Hills
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
Bowling and the Kilpatrick Hills, showing the Carboniferous lava flows. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Milton and the volcanic plug of Dumbuck, West Dunbartonshire
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
The Carboniferous volcanic plug of Dumbuck, West Dunbartonshire in 1987, partially quarried away. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Ardmore - Old Red Sandstone conglomerate
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
Ardmore looking across the Firth of Clyde to Helensburgh with Old Red Sandstone conglomerate of Devonian age. The most recent work attributes these rocks to the Upper Red Sandstone age. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.