Scot Land Collection (#96)

Common frog spawning
Common frog (Rana temporaria) spawning in a moorland pool. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in April

Tree sparrow (Passer montanus) perched on a branch. This bird is found throughout Europe, America, and Asia. It grows up to 14 centimetres in length

Juvenile blue tit calling
Juvenile blue tit (Parus caeruleus) calling while perched on a washing line. Photographed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, in June

Male snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) perched on rock encrusted with ice feathers. Photographed at around 1100m on the Cairngorm plateau, in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, at first light

Female snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) sheltering from the wind behind a boulder encrusted with ice feathers. Photographed at around 1100m on the Cairngorm plateau, in Cairngorms National Park

Male red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) standing on a granite boulder. Photographed in August, in Cairngorms National Park, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Common frog migrating
Common frog (Rana temporaria) migrating uphill to spawn in a moorland pool. The pool is at 840 metres above sea level. Photographed on Cairnwell hill, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in April

Red grouse eggs in a nest
Red grouse eggs (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) in a nest. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in May

Computer illustration of the Loch Ness Monster

Common frogs spawning
Common frogs (Rana temporaria) spawning in a moorland pond. The common frog is found throughout Europe. The breeding season begins in March and it hibernates during the winter

Red knot (Calidris canutus) partly in its summer plumage. This shorebird is on passage to the south of England during its migration from Greenland

Juvenile great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at a peanut feeder in a garden. Photographed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, in June

Donkeys touching noses. Donkeys (Equus sp.) in a field touching noses. Photographed in October in Scotland

Rutting red deer stag
Rutting stag. Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) looking exhausted and muddy during the rutting season. The rutting season, which takes place in the autumn

Mountain hare moulting
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) moulting. This species of hare is found across Northern Europe from Scandinavia to Siberia, inhabiting moorland and mountainous areas

Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) moulting. This species of hare is found across Northern Europe from Scandinavia to Siberia, inhabiting moorland and mountainous areas

Red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) grazing on a moor covered in deep snow. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, in March

Gas distribution. Worker using a temperature probe to measure the temperature of a gas compressor. The natural gas has been obtained from the North Sea oil fields

Hydroelectric power station, Scotland. This is the Rannoch hydroelectric power station. It is part of the Tummel hydroelectric power scheme

Stone circle

First fatal automobile accident, 1834
First fatal automobile accident. 19th century artwork of the explosion of a steam stagecoach in Paisley, Scotland, on 29 July 1834

Lighthouse at dusk

Boats in a harbour
Boats in Ceallan harbour, Grimsay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK

Welding underwater. Commercial scuba diver welding a metal pipe underwater. Scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Wind farm, Scotland
Wind farm. This is Dun Law wind farm, which is located near Oxton, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK

Hydroelectric power substation. A substation converts electricity from power station levels to transmission levels, or from transmission levels to domestic levels

Red telephone box. Designed in 1924, the red telephone box was a familiar sight throughout the United Kingdom. New designs of phone box

British diet, conceptual artwork
British diet, conceptual computer artwork

AIDS in the UK, conceptual image. Computer artwork of red ribbons overlain on a map of the UK. These ribbons are worn to show support for the cause of AIDS prevention

Heart transplant sale. Conceptual computer artwork of a heart on British Pound (GBP) notes. This represents selling transplant organs

Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, the research centre where the British researchers Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell created Dolly the sheep in 1996

Alexander Wilson, US-Scottish naturalist
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), American-Scottish naturalist. Wilson born in Scotland, was an apprentice weaver with an interest in poetry

Hydroelectric generator
MODEL RELEASED. Hydroelectric generator. Worker inspecting a generator in a hydroelectric power station. A turbine is fitted beneath the generator shaft. Photographed in Scotland, UK

Hydroelectric dam and pipeline at a hydroelectric power station. The dam is situated on a loch. Photographed in Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Deforested conifer plantation and harvested logs

Otter footprint in snow. European otters (Lutra lutra) are found in parts of Asia and Africa as well as across Europe. They inhabit freshwater areas and feed on birds, insects, frogs

Frost covered sand dunes. Photographed in February, at the Sands of Forvie, Forvie National Nature Reserve, Ythan estuary, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Snow-covered cottage, Braemar, Scotland
Snow-covered cottage. Photographed in Braemar, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, in winter

Storm waves breaking over the South Pier lighthouse. Photographed in October in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Cairngorm Weather Station covered in ice on the summit of Cairngorm mountain, in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. This automatic weather station collects temperature

Ice encrusted cairn. Pile of rocks encrusted with ice feathers. Ice feathers are ice formations which form on the windward side of objects subjected to icy winds

Ice feathers. These ice formations on granite boulders are also known as frost feathers. It is a type of hoar frost which forms on the windward side of objects subjected to icy winds

Heath and moorland fires, UK
Heath and moorland fires in the UK, Aqua satellite image. April 2003 was a warm, dry month in Northern Europe. This, combined with a strong easterly wind

Sand dune. The dune has been stabilised by marram grass (Ammophilia arenaria). The upper part of the dune has eroded, exposing the roots of the grass

Rainbow and a lighthouse. This arching spectrum of colours is seen when sunlight from behind the observer is reflected and refracted by rain in front

Coastal sand dunes. Waves breaking on a beach with sand dunes in the background. The grasses on the sand dunes form part of the coastal ecosystem

Rainbow over a scots pine forest (Pinus sylvestris). Photographed in August, in Cairngorms National Park, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Fire brooms on a heather moor
Fire brooms in a stand on heather moorland. These brooms are for suppressing fires that break out on the moorland. Photographed at Morrone Birkwood, Cairngorms National Park, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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