Your pictures of Scotland: 14-21 December

A Kingfisher sits among frozen reeds by the side of a river. The bird is small and at the centre of the image and is yellow with blue plumage and blue on its face. It has dark-coloured eyes and a light coloured beak with an insect in it. It is standing on a reed, which is frozen and others behind it are also covered in white frost. — Image caption,
Pamela Agnew spotted this colourful Kingfisher enjoying its breakfast on a frosty morning

20 December 2024

Updated 9 hours ago

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 14-21 December.

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The Caledonian Railway Bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow. The bridge has red and white metal connected between red brick turrets. A thick fog is covering the scene and the bridge is reflected in the water below.

David Pollok

David Pollok captured this image of an "eerie" Caledonian Railway Bridge crossing the River Clyde in Glasgow.

A frozen loch is surrounded by frosted grass with mountains in the background. The water is frozen with a number of rocks poking through the ice. At the centre of the loch is a small island covered in frozen grass. In the background, a snowy mountain range with six peaks covered in snow and dark-coloured land can be seen. Orange light from the morning sun covers two at the far end and the sky is dark blue, fading to light blue and orange.

Andrew Briggs

Andrew Briggs was up early to catch this scene on Rannoch Moor. He said it was "just as the sun rose and caught the top of the mountains".

Hair ice on a piece of wood. The ice is white in colour and looks like tightly wound string. It is on a stump of wood which is orange in colour on the top and dark green and black on the bottom.

Lisa Bryson

Lisa Bryson captured this unusual "hair ice" at The Hermitage in Dunkeld. The phenomena forms on moist, rotting wood from broadleaf trees when temperatures are slightly under 0 °C (32 °F) and the air is humid

A bronze statue of John J.R. Macleod sitting on a bench with a red and white santa hat on its head. The bench is brown and wood coloured and has been weathered slightly. The statue is in a seated position with its left hand resting on the top of the bench. A marble wall is behind with an inscription reading "...All owe their lives to Insulin".

Alison Carroll

The statue of medical pioneer John J.R. Macleod, who co-discovered insulin, was "feeling festive" thanks to Alison Carroll when she passed in Duthie Park, Aberdeen

A frozen mountaintop on Ben Lawers in the Scottish Highlands. The sun is rising in the background, casting an orange glow over the image. In the foreground, large areas of the image are covered in ice and snow. The sky is light blue, fading in to orange.

William Heads

William Heads caught this sunny, but chilly, start to the day on Ben Lawers in the Highlands

A number of boats in the harbour at Arbroath. It is dark. The boats have multi-coloured Christmas Lights around their masts and rigging. The lights are reflected in the dark water below. In the background is a row of multi-coloured houses. Most of them have their lights on. The sky overhead is also dark.

Ian Lamb

Ian Lamb saw these boats in Arbroath Harbour "colourfully reflecting on the festive season"

A house covered in snow. The house is made of red brick and has a large ground floor bay window. The roof is covered with snow, as is the garden in front of it. Some greenery from bushes can be seen in the foreground. A reddish-brown tree, which is bare, has snow on its branches. On the left of the image, the corner of a church, made of light and dark stone, can be seen.

Aditi Mazumder

Aditi Mazumder was lucky enough to stumble on this wintery scene in a Churchyard on the south side of Edinburgh

A dark rock with markings to make it look like a puffin. It has a colourful 'beak' with a dark eye painted slightly further up. It is in front of a body of water with a bright orange sun rising from the horizon in the background.

Charlie McGinn

Charlie McGinn, from Helensburgh, was up early while on holiday in at Kirn, near Dunoon, to snap this picture of Puffin Rock

A snow covered path leading towards a mountain. The path is grey with snow on either side. There are bare trees which are covered in white frost on either side of the path. In the distance is a snow-covered hill, with dark patches. The sky above is blue with white clouds.

Ruth McIntosh

Ruth McIntosh stumbled upon this snowy scene while walking in Glencoe

A stag standing in front of a frozen scene in Glencoe. The stag is brown with large light-brown antlers. The ground below its feet is white with frost and extends towards a crop of fir trees, which have white frost on the branches. In the background, a snow-covered hill with dark patches under a cloudy sky with specks of blue poking through can be seen.

Derek Mooney

Derek Mooney said "nothing in this photo was planned" after being lucky enough to capture a scene straight off a shortbread tin. "I'll never take another photo like this again, thanks to this beautiful creature," he said.

A Robin sitting among the branches of a tree. It has a red-orange chest with white plumage and grey wings and body. It is standing on a green branch. Behind it is a mixture of green leaves and branches.

Brian Watson

This Robin wished Brian Watson a Merry Christmas in Muir of Ord, Ross-shire

A goosander, which is grey with a brown-orange head and orange beak, catches a black and silver lamprey on the water. The water is disturbed with splashes and bubbles coming off the surface. In the background, rows of dark-coloured pebbles can be seen.

Alistair Warwick

Alistair Warwick was on hand to capture this goosander fishing for a lamprey at the Caul on the river Nith in Dumfries

Orange rays over houses in Wigtownshire. The rays are orange and on the background of a lilac-grey sky. The houses in the foreground are all different colours including pale yellow, brown and white.

Graham Young

Graham Young snapped this picture of stunning crepuscular rays over Garlieston, Wigtownshire while out walking his dog

A snow covered path winding round a bend to the right. Either side of path is covered in green fir trees with snow on the branches. The sky above it is blue with a small amount of white cloud.

Lynne Osborne

Lynne Osborne enjoyed a winter walk around Loch Morlich

A highland cow standing on a grassy mound. The cow is orange with large curved white horns. The mound is covered in grass. Above the cow on a blue sky, the moon can be seen between the horns.

James King

This Highland Cow lined up perfectly with the moon when James Kings was passing near Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway

Four ponies wearing red and white santa hats looking directly at the camera. A fifth pony wearing reindeer antlers is lying down on the grass in front. Behind them are fields in a yellow and gold colour.

Sylvia Beaumont

Sylvia Beaumont found the Exmoor Ponies on top of North Berwick Law feeling festive

A Christmas display outside the front of a house in Giffnock. There are various Christmas figures on display including snowmen, Santa Claus and inflatable reindeer. A white house is visible in the background. A white car is parked in the drive.

Caroline Eadie

Caroline Eadie stumbled upon this spectacular Christmas display while on a dog walk in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire

A view of Schiehallion from the window of a hotel room. The mountains are covered in snow. There are trees on the landscape which look dark. The sun is coming up.

Angela Jones

Angela Jones woke up to this stunning view of Schiehallion on her 41st wedding anniversary

Seven grey partridges in a garden in Moray. The birds are all mainly grey with orange faces and speckled white and brown backs. They are huddled below a bush on green grass.

Stephen Boyle

...And some partridges in a garden in Moray...as photographed by Stephen Boyle in Duffus

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