Saturday, February 13, 2010

Beautiful Pictures of Islay

Click on this link to view the most wonderful pictures of Islay. The island famed for excellent Scottish whiskey distilleries.


Mother and foal from the Ellister Islay Highland pony stud


Click on this link for more information on Islay distilleries

Click on this link to discover more about Scotland's Lost Distilleries



A rare Longtailed duck swimming offshore in one of the many inlets. More often seen in the seas around Orkney and Shetland Islands.



The sea cliffs of Islay are home for the rare Chough


Islay is one of the last strongholds of the rare and elusive Corncrake (Crex crex) in Scotland.



The Common Blue Butterfly of the grass fields and cliff tops of Islay



Credit and Thanks

Below you will find a list of talented people, both visitors and residents, who submitted their pictures to the Islay blog.

•Teresa Morris - Islay Wildscapes
•Ron Steenvoorden - Islay Info Website
•Claudio Riva
•Irena Krasinska-Lobban
•BondBloke - Sensual Eye
•Rae Woodrow - Islay Quilters
•Petter Rønningsen - Polarsirkelen Whiskyklubb
•Davie Campbell
•Brian Minnie - Says hi to the staff at Bruichladdich!
•Jane Dawson - http://www.ellisterislay.co.uk/

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