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Lake District - nice and sunny...
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...not a cloud in the sky...
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...peaceful campsite...
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...its a bit early
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H aving set up camp on the Moray Firth I immediately had a dolphin
sighting, but chasing down the coast didn't help, I just found seabirds.
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My second frog of the trip, tiny.
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Spey Bay - another distant dolphin sighting and lots of feeding
birds
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An Elephany Hawk-Moth caterpillar that crossed the path.
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Spey Bay from the sailing boat Dolphinicity
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Bottlenose Dolphin!
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They had a head start from Lossiemouth but we caught them up
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Approximately twelve in the pod.
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I was busy photographing this group...
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...when they got out of the sunlight
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Close enough to blow water on my lens
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growing up to 4m.
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Loch Garten
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The Cairngorm Mountains
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Abernethy Forest, complete with dog walkers so no birds
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A spider building its orb web.
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A mainland Red Squirrel
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Seals on a shingle bank
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Hopehead harbour, not far from the tent
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Bottlenose dolphin...
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...at Channonry Point...
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...bang on cue - just after the high tide
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Fairy Glen (perched on a waterfall so its "arty")
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A place to walk the dogs apparently
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On the shores of Loch Ness
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Waterfalls that disappear under the road, the previous night's heavy
rain is clearly not unusual
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Nice drive but random weather
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The drizzle seems to enhance the picture here, its only a stream
due to a large dam behind me.
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Skye, or lack of it.
Plenty of rainbows this trip, time to find a bunkhouse!
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Tallisker (& the island's distillery)
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Nice view though
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Neist Point, its cleared up nicely.
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The lighthouse on the most westerly point of Skye
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Nice view
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but which way to look?
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Visitors seem to be having a cairn building competition.
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A nice afternoon for watching Minke Whales.
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The last one I watched was feeding just off shore...
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...giving some nice 5 shot roll sequences.
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And here is another.
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Calgary beach on Mull in a short dry spell.
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The dunes are being encouraged as a rare habitat
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Some Tobermory shots...
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...nice colourful harbour.
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Going out in soggy conditions to see Harbour Porpoise.
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HWDT survey vessel
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Another Sea Life Survey vessel waiting for us to leave the harbour.
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