Tour Scotland: 2009-12-20

Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Birnie Loch Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of frozen Birnie Loch in North East Fife, Scotland. A good number of duck species can be seen at Birnie throughout the year, including Goosander, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Mallard and Eurasian Teal. Common Snipe and Water Rail breed. Passerines to be seen are Yellowhammer, European Goldfinch and Common Linnet. Passage waders noted previously on the loch include Green Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit, and Little Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper have put in an appearance in recent years.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Shy Highland Cow Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a shy Scottish Highland Cow in North East Fife, Scotland. Heilan coos have long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindle, red, yellow, white, silver or dun.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Lordscairnie Castle Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Lordscairnie Castle in North East Fife, Scotland. This Scottish castle was constructed in around 1495 by Alexander Lindsay, 7th Earl of Crawford who died in 1517. It was originally an L-plan tower house with five storeys. Earl of Crawford is one of the most ancient extant titles in Great Britain, having been created in the Peerage of Scotland for Sir David Lindsay in 1398. The title descended to the first Earl's descendants without much incident, until the death of David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford in 1542. The eighth Earl had a son, Alexander, commonly called the Wicked Master, who frequently quarreled with his father and even tried to murder him. The Wicked Master was sentenced to death for his crime, and the eighth Earl conveyed his title to a cousin, also called David Lindsay, a descendant of the third Earl of Crawford, and excluded from the succession all of the Wicked Master's descendants. However, the ninth earl, although he had his own sons, named the Wicked Master's son David as his heir; thus, in 1558, at the ninth Earl's death, the earldom returned to the main branch of the family.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Horse Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a horse in North East Fife, Scotland.

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Photograph Dusk Christmas Day Scotland

Christmas Day photograph shot by the River Tay at dusk in Perth, Scotland.

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Photograph Christmas Day Road Scotland

Christmas Day photograph of a country road in Scotland.

Christmas Day photograph of a country road in Scotland.

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Photograph Christmas Day Highland Cows Scotland

Christmas Day photograph of Highland Cows in Scotland.

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Photograph Christmas Day Scotland

Christmas Day photograph North of Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

Christmas Day photograph North of Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Photograph Christmas Day Rural Scotland

Christmas Day photograph in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

Christmas Day photograph in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

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Photograph Christmas Day Dunkeld Scotland

Christmas Day photograph of the River Tay and Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

Christmas Day photograph of the Atholl Memorial Fountain, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

Christmas Day photograph of the River Tay and Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Photograph Christmas Day Butterstone Scotland

Christmas Day photograph of frozen Loch Butterstone, Perthshire, Scotland.

Christmas Day photograph of frozen Loch Butterstone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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December 24th Photograph Christmas Eve Scotland

December 24th photograph of Christmas Eve in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Rumbling Bridge Falls Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Rumbling Bridge Falls, Perthshire, Scotland. Rumbling Bridge beneath which the white torrent of the River Braan is forced between narrow rock walls. The River Braan, Scottish Gaelic: Breamhainn, is a tributary of the River Tay in Scotland. Within the county of Perth and Kinross, it flows 11 miles eastwards from Loch Freuchie, near Amulree, and joins the River Tay near Dunkeld.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video River Braan

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the River Braan, Perthshire, Scotland. The River Braan, Scottish Gaelic: Breamhainn, is a tributary of the River Tay, it flows 11 miles East from Loch Freuchie, near Amulree, and joins the River Tay near Dunkeld.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Trees Glen Quaich Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of trees in Glen Quaich, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish glen gets its name from the River Quaich which runs through it into Loch Freuchie.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Farm Buildings Glen Quaich Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of old farm buildings in Glen Quaich, Perthshire, Scotland. In the early 1800s around three hundred crofters left the glen to resettle in Canada. After a three month voyage they colonised the Easthope area of Ontario, Canada, and named their settlements Amulree and Glen Quaich.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Tree Trochry

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a tree at Trochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. John and Christian Stewart lived in Trochry, parish of Little Dunkeld, at the time of the births of their twin sons John and Donald on 1 May, 1793.

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December 24th Photograph Sheep Scotland

December 24th photograph of Scottish sheep near Amulree, Perthshire, Scotland.

December 24th photograph of Scottish sheep near Amulree, Perthshire, Scotland.

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December 23rd Photograph Sunset Scotland

December 23rd photograph of a Scottish sunset shot over the River Tay Estuary near Dundee, Scotland.

December 23rd photograph of a Scottish sunset shot over the River Tay Estuary near Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Tay Bridge Dundee

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a train crossing the Tay Railway Bridge at Dundee, Scotland.

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December 23rd Photograph Seagulls Scotland

December 23rd photograph of seagulls beside the River Tay, and the Tay Railway Bridge in Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Highland Cow Dundee

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a Scottish Highland Cow at dusk near Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Desperate Dan Dundee

Tour Scotland Winter travel of the Desperate Dan statue before Christmas on visit to Dundee, Tayside. Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic The Dandy. He first appeared in the comic in its first issue, dated the 4th of December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. Even his beard is so tough he has to shave with a blowtorch.

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December 23rd Photograph Dusk Scotland

December 23rd photograph shot at dusk just West of Dundee, Scotland.

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December 23rd Photograph Stained Glass Scotland

December 23rd photograph of stained glass windows in St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, Scotland.

December 23rd photograph of stained glass windows in St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Mercat Cross Kinrossie Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the Mercat Cross in Kinrossie village, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish mercat cross, now enclosed by railings, stands beside the public road at the centre of the village. It consists of a stepped plinth, a shaft and moulded head, in the form of a St Andrew's cross, and is surmounted by a ball-finial. A date of 1686 which once appeared on the cross is no longer visible.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photographs Red Phone Box Kinrossie Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of traditional red telephone box in Kinrossie village, Perthshire, Scotland.

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December 22nd Photograph Evening Mist Scotland

December 22nd photograph of evening mist and fog just North of Perth, Scotland.

December 22nd photograph of evening mist and fog just North of Perth, Scotland.

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