Mainland Collection (#21)

Sketching the Lion Gate
The artist for The Illustrated London News talks to local shepherds as he sketches the Lion gate at Mycenae, the earliest relief sculpture on the Greek mainland

Maes-How (Scotland)
Maes-how tomb near the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney Mainland. The stucture dates to c.3000 BC. Nordic raiders

Landing on Mainland
Volunteers for Garibaldis army land on the Calabrian coast at the villa San Giovanni

Garibaldi Leaves Marsala
Garibaldis thousand embark at Quarto, Sicily, to invade the mainland

Invasion Fleet
Garibaldis invasion fleet on the beach at Messina, Sicily, ready to invade the Italian mainland at Calabria

Embarking for Italy
Following on the invasion by Garibaldis thousand. Missoris expedition embarks from the Faro Point, Messina, to invade the Italian mainland at Calabria

Garibaldi Invasion Fleet
The invasion fleet carries Garibaldis thousand from Quarto, Sicily, to invade the Italian mainland

French Take Dieppe
The French take the bastille built by the English before the port of Dieppe - one step in the expulsion of the English from mainland Europe

Giants Causeway C1840
Looking towards the mainland : a local explains the formation of the Giants Causeway to a group of visitors

Sea Pink growing in a cleft of a rock covered with lichen Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-415 Sea Pink Thrift - growing in a cleft of a rock covered with lichen Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Armeria maritima Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for

Modern skyscrapers and mainland Chinas highest building, the International Finance Center in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China, Asia

Sea ice with penguins and mainland in background Antarctic Sound. Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Sunlight on the sandy beaches of Sorsandfjorden on Soroya Island, mainland Norway
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Rabbit sitting in front of burrow cleaning it's fur Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles
SAS-442 Rabbit - sitting in front of burrow cleaning it's fur Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Sumburgh Head and Sumburgh Head lighthouse, which is the most southerly point of Shetland
SAS-589 Sumburgh Head - and Sumburgh Head lighthouse, which is the most southerly point of Shetland, in first morning light South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Basalt cliffs rugged basalt cliffs of Eshaness in last evening light Eshaness, Northmavine, North Mainland
SAS-569 Basalt cliffs - rugged basalt cliffs of Eshaness in last evening light Eshaness, Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Isles

Rock formations steep cliffs and sea stacks Stoura Pund near Hillswick Northmavine, North Island, Shetland Isles
SAS-553 Rock formations - steep cliffs and sea stacks Stoura Pund near Hillswick Northmavine, North Island, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Seascape view from Braewick beach towards red granite cliffs and sea stacks of Stoura Pund
SAS-538 Seascape - view from Braewick beach towards red granite cliffs and sea stacks of Stoura Pund and rock formation The Drongs on the right hand side Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Isles

Shetland Scenery green rolling hills with grazing sheep and view toward St
SAS-454 Shetland Scenery - green rolling hills with grazing sheep and view toward St. Magnus Bay North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Coastal Scenery basalt cliffs and rock arch Dore Holm Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-452 Coastal Scenery - basalt cliffs and rock arch Dore Holm Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display

Summer beach blue sea and rocks at beach of Scousburgh Sands South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-418 Summer beach - blue sea and rocks at beach of Scousburgh Sands South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display

Summer beach beach of Scousburgh Sands on the right and Loch Spiggie on the left South Mainland, Shetland Isles
SAS-416 Summer beach - beach of Scousburgh Sands on the right and Loch Spiggie on the left South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Summer beach approaching wave, blue sea, rocks and white sand at beach of Scousburgh Sands South Mainland
SAS-414 Summer beach - approaching wave, blue sea, rocks and white sand at beach of Scousburgh Sands South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Skewbald Shetland Pony reaching through wire netting fence with it's mouth trying to make contact with people
SAS-391 Skewbald Shetland Pony - reaching through wire netting fence with it's mouth trying to make contact with people outside the enclosure Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Skewbald Shetland Pony two foals sticking their heads together in affection Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland
SAS-388 Skewbald Shetland Pony - two foals sticking their heads together in affection Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Skewbald Shetland Pony grazing mare with resting foal on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-386 Skewbald Shetland Pony - grazing mare with resting foal on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display

Skewbald Shetland Pony mare and foal grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-384 Shetland Pony - mare and foal grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Shetland Pony - pale mare on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-380 Shetland Pony - pale mare on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Piebald Shetland Pony - mare grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-379 Piebald Shetland Pony - mare grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Piebald Shetland Pony - adults and foals grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-378 Piebald Shetland Pony - adults and foals grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Piebald Shetland Pony - adults grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-373 Piebald Shetland Pony - adults grazing on pasture Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Piebald Shetland Pony - two adults and two foals grazing next to a pond - Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland
SAS-372 Piebald Shetland Pony - two adults and two foals grazing next to a pond Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Peewit, Lapwing adult with colourful gleaming plumage North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-579 Peewit, Lapwing - adult with colourful gleaming plumage North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Vanellus vanellus Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal

Shetland wren sitting on lichen-covered stone wall singing Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles
SAS-540 Shetland wren - sitting on lichen-covered stone wall singing Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Rabbit sitting amidst Sea pink Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-521 Rabbit - sitting amidst Sea pink Thrift Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Oryctolagus cuniculus Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are

Fulmar in flight Eshaness, Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-465 Fulmar - in flight Eshaness, Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Fulmarus glacialis Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Rabbit sitting in front of burrow Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK
SAS-425 Rabbit - sitting in front of burrow Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK Oryctolagus cuniculus Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for

Northern Wheatear male sitting in meadow amidst Spring Squill Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland
SAS-419 Northern Wheatear - male sitting in meadow amidst Spring Squill Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Fulmar pair of adults sitting on cliff ledge - sea thrift flowers Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland
SAS-370 Fulmar - pair of adults sitting on cliff ledge - sea thrift flowers Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Fulmar - two adults defending their nests - in sea thrift - Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles
SAS-369 Fulmar - two adults defending their nests - in sea thrift Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Fulmar - adult sitting on nest - in sea thrift - Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland
SAS-366 Fulmar - adult sitting on nest - in sea thrift Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve, South Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Gannets - visitors on viewing platform watching nesting gannets at Muriwai gannet colony on mainland off west coast
MAB-472 Gannets - visitors on viewing platform watching nesting gannets at Muriwai gannet colony on mainland off west coast near Auckland North Island - New Zealand Morus serrator Established around

Snipe - On post Gallinago gallinago Shetland Mainland, UK BI011427
COS-2153 Snipe - on post Shetland Mainland, UK Gallinago gallinago Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Snipe - Amongst heather on breeding grounds Gallinago gallinago Shetland Mainland, UK BI011425
COS-2152 Snipe - amongst heather on breeding grounds Shetland Mainland, UK Gallinago gallinago Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Redshank - Calling from post Tringa totanus Shetland Mainland, UK BI011292
COS-2148 Redshank - calling from post Shetland Mainland, UK Tringa totanus Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Puffin - with thrift Fratercula arctica Sumburgh Head Shetland Mainland, UK BI011185
COS-2143 Puffin - with thrift Sumburgh Head, Shetland Mainland, UK Fratercula arctica Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Puffin - with thrift Fratercula arctica Sumburgh Head Shetland Mainland, UK BI011183
COS-2142 Puffin - with thrift Sumburgh Head, Shetland Mainland, UK Fratercula arctica Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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"Exploring the Wonders of Mainland: From Cornwall to Greece and Beyond" A breathtaking view of St Michaels Mount in Cornwall, where mainland meets the sea. Skewbald Shetland Pony funny foals frolicking on a picturesque pasture in Central Mainland, Shetland Isles, Scotland. The iconic Burgh Island Hotel Tractor at Bigbury-on-Sea, offering a unique way to reach this stunning mainland retreat. Thurso Church standing tall amidst the rugged beauty of Scotland's mainland, a testament to centuries of faith. Discovering the charming town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland - a hidden gem on the northernmost reaches UK. Kirkwall harbour bustling with activity as boats come and go from this vibrant hub on Orkney's main island. Glimpses into Troon's rich history through an aerial view captured in c1930 - showcasing its transformation from fishing village to popular seaside resort on Scotland's mainland. Gytheio beckons visitors with its idyllic coastal charm on the Mani Peninsula in Southern Europe's Peloponnese region, Greece's captivating mainland destination. Stepping back thousands of years at Ring of Brodgar stone circle dating between 2500 and 2000 BC - an ancient wonder nestled within Orkney Islands' main island landscape. St Magnus Cathedral towering over Kirkwall, Mainland - an architectural masterpiece that stands as a symbol of spiritual devotion for generations past and present. Coastal view captures Funchal’s allure in Madeira as a seaplane gracefully takes off – showcasing why it is considered one of Portugal’s most enchanting mainland destinations. Wales' Menai Strait connects Anglesey Island with North Wales’ mainland – serving as both a natural marvel and vital transportation link that unites the region.