Scot Land Collection (page 100)

Red squirrel, Scotland, UK
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), Scotland, UK

British Isles storm and ash plume, 2011

Frozen trees and lake after a heavy snowfall. The tress at left are part of Abernethy Forest, and the ice at right is part of the frozen freshwater Loch Garten

Bladder wrack and other seaweeds washed up on a shoreline. Four species are present: bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus, centre); serrated wrack (Fucus serratus)

Forest lichen and fungus. Cup lichen (Cladonia sp. left) and wolfs udder fungus (Lycogala epidendrum, right), growing on a dead Scots pine tree stump (Pinus sylvestris)

Lugworm casts. The lugworm (Arenicola marina) is a marine worm that lives in a burrow in mudflats. These casts of excavated sand are produced from the tail-end of the burrow

Glacial valley, Scotland
Glacial valley. View across Dubh Loch (lake) towards the granite cliffs of Creag an Dubh Loch. Photographed near Glen Muick, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in August

Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus, centre) with other strands of dead seaweed, washed up on a shoreline. The air bladders (round)

Stormy coast, Scotland
Stormy coast. Stormy waves hitting the coast at dusk. Photographed at the traditional fishing village and harbour of Collieston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in May

Nature reserve boardwalk. This boardwalk trail is passing through a Phragmites reedbed. Photographed in December, at Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve

Coastal waterfall, with a partial rainbow seen in the spray. The water is falling from basalt sea cliffs at Kilt Rock, on the Trotternish peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland

Rural landscape, Scotland
Rural landscape. View across fields and houses in the village of Balblair, towards the turbines of the Novar wind farm in Evanton

Sperm whale tooth. Single tooth in the lower jaw of a dead sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). A sperm whales teeth, also known as whale ivory, only develop in its lower jaw

European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) perched on a rock. This is an immature juvenile, which has a darker underside and less developed plumage than an adult

1857 Hugh Miller portrait photograph
1856. Hugh Miller, Scottish geologist and palaeontologist. Born 1802 died 1856. Photographic frontispiece of author by J.G

Snowy landscape, Scotland
Snowy landscape. Thawing snow on a Highland stream in Glen Einich, Scotland, UK, in January

Cross-leaved heather (Erica tetralix) in flower. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in July

Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza sp. )
Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) flower stalk. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in July

Drosera rotundifolia digesting an insect
Common sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) leaf digesting a trapped insect. The hairs on the leaves of this carnivorous plant secrete a sticky substance that traps and digests passing insects

Bells Improved Reaping Machine
Patrick Bell (1799-1869) was a Scottish clergyman and inventor. He was a farmers son from Mid Leoch, near Auchterhouse in Scotland

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) gathering nesting material on a grassy clifftop. Photographed at Troup Head, Scotland, in May

Moneses uniflora
One-flowered wintergreen (Moneses uniflora), also known as St Olafs Candle, growing in a shady coniferous woodland in Scotland. This plant is very rare in the UK

Silverweed (Potentilla anserina) flowers growing in clumps on sand. Photographed at South Uist, Outer Hebrides in Scotland

Male chaffinch perched in a sycamore tree
Male chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perched in a sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) tree in the snow. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in February

Coastal wildflower meadow, Scotland
Coastal wildflower meadow. Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria, purple) and Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria, white) growing by Mile Long Beach in Small Isles Bay

Highland cattle by the sea. Pure-bred Highland cows (Bos taurus) on a beach at a bay at Traigh nam Feannag, in the Inner Hebrides. Photographed on the Isle of Jura, Scotland, in July

Great tit calling from a sycamore tree
Great tit (Parus major) calling from a sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) tree in the snow. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in February

Dunnock perched on a garden fence
Dunnock (Prunella modularis) perched on a garden fence in the snow. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in February

Standing stone, Scotland
Standing stone. View from the Isle of Jura in the Inner Hebrides, looking south-west across the Sound of Islay. This stone was erected during the Bronze Age, around 1800 BC

European robin perched on a garden chair
European robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on a garden chair. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in February

Cottongrass on a bog asphodel seed-head. Strands of wind-blown common cotton grass ( Eriophorum angustifolium) lodged on a seed-head of bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)

Female chaffinch perched in a tree
Female chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perched in a common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) tree in the snow. Photographed in Scotland, UK, in February

Northern gannet in flight. Juvenile Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) flying over the North Sea. Young Northern gannets are dark brown in their first year

Birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) mushroom
Brown birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) mushroom growing amongst common heather (Calluna vulgaris). Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in August

Moss campion (Silene acaulis cenisia)
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) in flower in Coire an t-Sneachda, a glacial cirque in the Scottish Highlands. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in June

Effects of grazing by red deer. On the left is an area on which red deer (Cervus elaphus) are allowed to graze. Here the plants are small and low-lying

Northern gannet colony on cliffs
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony on cliffs. Northern gannets are migratory and most spend the winter at sea. They return to land to mate

Mediaeval hospital ruins, Scotland
Mediaeval hospital ruins. Remains of what is thought to have been the largest hospital in mediaeval Scotland. Known as Soutra Aisle

Stormy landscape, Scotland
Stormy landscape. Storm clouds and a rainbow over Ardfernal township, looking west towards the Paps of Jura mountains. On the left is Mile Long Beach and Small Isles Bay

European robin feeding on a mealworm. European robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the snow, with a mealworm in its beak. Mealworms are the larvae of the tenebrio beetle (Tenebrio molitor)

Ringed Plover on a lichen-covered rock
Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), on a lichen-covered rock. Photographed on the Isle of Jura in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, in July

Red telephone box in heavy snow. Designed in 1924, the red telephone box was a familiar sight throughout the United Kingdom

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushrooms growing amongst common heather (Calluna vulgaris) in an ancient Caledonian Scots Pine woodland

Road closed due to snow drifts. Snow gates on the A93 at Braemar, looking south up Glen Clunie. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in November

Male red grouse in snow
Male red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) in snow. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, in November

Highland cow on a beach. Pure-bred Highland cow (Bos taurus) on a beach in a bay at Traigh nam Feannag, in the Inner Hebrides. Photographed on the Isle of Jura, Scotland, in July

Male black grouse displaying
Male black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) displaying on the lek. The lek is a type of animal territory in which males of a certain species gather to demonstrate their prowess before or during the mating

Peat cuttings on Scottish moorland. Peat bed on a moorland bog near Inver, looking to the Paps of Jura mountains. On the left is Beinn an Oir (785 metres), the highest peak

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