Tour Scotland Photograph Sunbathing Seal

Tour Scotland photograph of a sunbathing Seal near Island of Mull, Scotland. Seals spend most of the time at sea, and might swim thousands of miles during their lives in search of food. They come ashore for three reasons: to breed, to moult, and to rest between fishing expeditions. There are several areas in particular in Scotland where seals congregate each year to breed and to moult. The most important of these include the Orkney and, to a lesser degree, the Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, including North Rona, and the Monach Isles, which is the second largest breeding colony of grey seals in the world. Seals are also born at some sites on the Scottish mainland each year, for example at the sea caves around Helmsdale and at Loch Eriboll.



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Old Photograph Mountains Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the mountains of the Isle Of Skye, from Clach Glas, Scotland. Clach Glas is a mountain on the Black Cuillin of Skye, and the name translates as The Grey Stone.

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Old Photograph Crofting Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Crofting on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Crofting is a form of land tenure and small scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands and the islands of Scotland. Individual crofts are established on the better land, and a large area of poorer quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock.



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Old Photograph Washerwomen River Clyde Scotland

Old photograph of Washerwomen on the banks of the River Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. In old Scottish Mythology, if one can get between the washerwomen and the water, they were required to grant three wishes in exchange for three questions answered truthfully. There is also a tradition in Scotland of a single washer at the ford, the goddess Clotha, who gives the River Clyde its name.



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Old Photograph Fisherwomen East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Fisherwomen in the East Neuk Of Fife, Scotland.



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