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Largiebaan, Kintyre
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PS Waverley round the Mull of Kintyre
Largiebaan, Kintyre, a Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, taken from PS Waverley by David Palmar
12 June 2017
Crow, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) down by the shore at Great Cumbrae
20 February 2005
Crow, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) down by the shore at Great Cumbrae
20 February 2005
Crow, Great Cumbrae
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) down by the shore at Great Cumbrae
01 January 1980
Cliff scenery at Kirbuster, Stronsay
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Stronsay
Cliff scenery at Kirkbuster, Stronsay, Orkney, showing marine erosion of the Old Red Sandstone rock beds.
08 July 2019
Sea Campion at Coulport, Loch Long
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Sea Campion (Silene uniflora or Silene maritima), a perennial plant with white petals growing from a pink veined sepal tube. Coulport, Loch Long, Clyde. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1980.
25 May 1980
Beach cusps and eroded sand dunes on Balephuil Bay, Tiree
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Ceann a' Mhara, Balephuil, Hynish and Balemartine, Tiree
Beach cusps and eroded sand dunes on Balephuil Bay, Tiree. Beach cusps form when backwash is concentrated into chance hollows in the beach, and as they are hollowed out, they become a self-perpetuating form of erosion. Sand dune erosion is becoming an increasing problem with rising sea level and the greater incidence of storms due to climate change.
29 April 2014
Beach cusps and eroded sand dunes on Balephuil Bay, Tiree
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Ceann a' Mhara, Balephuil, Hynish and Balemartine, Tiree
Beach cusps and eroded sand dunes on Balephuil Bay, Tiree. Beach cusps form when backwash is concentrated into chance hollows in the beach, and as they are hollowed out, they become a self-perpetuating form of erosion. Sand dune erosion is becoming an increasing problem with rising sea level and the greater incidence of storms due to climate change.
29 April 2014
Weathered layers of Old Red Sandstone, Yesnaby, Orkney
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Yesnaby, Orkney
Weathered layers of Old Red Sandstone on the cliff top where joints and bedding planes have been enlarged by waves, spray and weather action, and no vegetation can grow on this exposed coast of Orkney mainland near Yesnaby; photo taken by Lorna Beattie.
31 March 2018
Peterhead power station
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Peterhead
Peterhead power station used to be oil-fired; however since 2000 the power station has been converted to use natural gas. The coastal location of the power station makes it possible to use sea water for cooling.