A week on the beautiful island of
Mull last month with a couple of good birding pals produced so many photographs its taken me almost 2 weeks of steady processing to condense well over a thousand pics down to a manageable selection for a couple of posts. This post features just my landscapes and location pics from the trip, so a good 'scene setter' for another post already primed and ready to go covering our wildlife sightings.
With an area of 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi) Mull is the
fourth largest Scottish island and the fourth largest island surrounding
Great Britain (excluding Ireland). Famed in wildlife terms for the successful reintroduction of
White Tailed Sea Eagles to the UK, it's just a beautiful and wild place to be and it lived up to all my expectations. We were there from the 13th - 20th May and our base for the week was a lovely cottage overlooking
Loch Tuath. Lots of good weather, a couple of rain affected half days but apart from that mainly blue skies and that unique Western Isle light served up some stunning land and seascapes at just about every turn. A closed bridge at
Knock made trips to the SW of the island a time consuming affair so apart from a trip out to the iconic island of
Iona, most of the following feature vistas from the northern half of the island. Not my forte landscapes, I just try to capture the mood and the moment ..enjoy the pics.
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| Our cottage 'Dalmacre' on the shores of Loch Tuath |
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| 'Dalmacre' back of house shot |
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| Shores of Loch Tuath with our cottage in the background (ours is the the middle one), 14/05/2017 |
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| Mull & old lighthouse from the ferry, 13/05/2017 |
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| Mull shoreline in a shaft of light, 13/05/2017 |
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| Ben More, from Loch Touath, 14/05/2017 |
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| Loch Tuath, 14/05/2017 |
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| Loch Tuath, 14/05/2017 |
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| Ben More from Loch Tuath, 14/05/2017 |
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| Ben More from Loch Tuath, 14/05/2017 |
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| Grass point, 16/05/2017 |
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| Loch Don from Grass point, 16/05/2017 |
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| Grass point, 16/05/2017 |
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| High slopes on the Dervaig road, 16/05/17 |
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| High slopes on the Dervaig road, 16/05/17 |
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| Tobermory, 17/05/2017 |
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| Tobermory, 17/05/2017 |
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| Loch Na Lathaich, 18/05/2017 |
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| 'Eorsa' on Loch Na Keal, 18/05/2017 |
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| Glen More & Lochs Ellen and Airde Glais, 18/05/2017 |
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| Arrival on Iona, 18/05/2017 |
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| Dunes and Mhachair, Iona, 18/05/2017 |
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| Camas Cuil, Iona, 18/05/2017 |
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| Camas Cuil, Iona, 18/05/2017 |
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| Loch Tuath, 19/05/2017 |
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| Creag Mhor, across Loch Na Keel, 18/05/2017 |
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| Ulva Ferry, 19/05/2017 |
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| Woodland on Ulva, 19/05/2017 |
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| Creag Mhor from Ulva, 19/05/2017 |
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| Creag Mhor from Ulva, 19/05/2017 |
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| Fladda and Lunga from Loch Tuath, 19/05/2017 |
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Sound of Ulva, 19/05/2017
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| Back to the mainland from Craignure, 20/05/2017 |
...... and then it was time to go, a cracking week's birding and strolling about, taking pics and larkin about with good mates. I'll be back in the Western Isles soon for sure!
A week on the beautiful island of Mull last month with a couple of good birding pals produced so many photographs its taken me almost 2 weeks of steady processing to condense well over a thousand pics down to a manageable selection for a couple of posts. This post features just my landscapes and location pics from the trip, so a good 'scene setter' for another post already primed and ready to go covering our wildlife sightings.
