Ecobird's photos with the keyword: Caithness

Captured at Dunnet Beach in Caithness, Scotland Dunnet Beach is a two mile stretch of beach featuring sand dunes and grassy plains.

Situated between John O Groats and Duncansby Head Lighthouse, Sannick Bay is a beautiful and remote beach with white sand and gorgeous views across the Pentland Firth to Stroma on the left and Orkney slightly to the right. In the forground sheep graze on the grass beside the cut through caused by Sannick Burn as it makes it way to the sea, Pentland Firth is where the Atlantic and the North Sea meet and it separates Caithness from Orkney. It is a particularly dangerous stretch of water with whirlpools , fast flowing tides and powerful currents. From Sannick Bay you may, if you are lucky, see seal pups in the winter and very occasionally an orca. Even if you don't you can enjoy the beauty of this gorgeous beach.

Another from the archives, this time back to 2011 captured in front of Taigh An Clachair, the property where we stayed in Lybster. The setting sun kisses the standing stones and turns them a fiery red. The perfect end to the day.

Staxigoe Harbour, Caithness, a peaceful little harbour that was once the largest herring station in Europe, and is now a place to sit and dream. The PiP shows an old, rusty hand winch that stands near to the stack from which the harbour gets it's name.(Staxigoe means the inlet of the Stack) I have added a song by the great Roy Orbison called 'Dream (When You're Feeling Blue) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkUypD4hko In 16.9 format so large view recommended. Thank you

Captured at Lybster Harbour, Caitness, Scotland I have added a song called 'Harbor Song' by Suzanne Vega www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqsn1WlkA4Y HBM Everyone. Have a good week ahead

Captured at a picnic area at Latheronwheel, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland. Latheronwheel is a sleepy little harbour and a nice place to sit and enjoy the view and maybe have something to eat. That is of course unless it is your 'Last Meal' With tongue in cheek I have added a song by 'Asleep at the Wheel' called 'Last Meal' www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzuRCeq8uBk

Captured at Latheronwheel, Caithness, Scotland, a sleepy little harbour dating from around 1840, where the only noise on our visit came from a nesting bird above us on the cliffs. It must have thought I was too close to it's nest as I walked along the harbour to picture the two small boats seen in the PiP on the right hand side. The bird was agitated and shouting at me, as can be seen in the first PiP on the left, and eventually flew away from the nest, probably to distract me as it looks as if there were young in the nest. To be honest if it hadn't been making all that fuss I probably wouldn't have noticed it at all!!. So, easy now, little birds , you are safe. I have added a song by Neil Gallaghers's High Flying Birds called 'Easy Now' www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoZ3leKz9x4

Taken at Wick Harbour which seemed to be the busiest part of Wick. The cannon in this shot (pun intended!!) was actually a fog signal gun and was given to the Pulteney Harbour Trust by John Pender MP in 1881 for use by fishermen and visiting crafts and was in use until it was replaced by a fog horn warning system. In 2011 the decision was made to re-site the cannon at Wick Harbour, as it was felt it was mostly going unnoticed and featuring it on the harbourside at Wick would add historical interest to the area for visitors. I have added a song called 'Cannonball' by Damien Rice www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd2xYJEwFwc

This is Lybster Lighthouse, Lybster, Caithness and taking another photo on the left hand side of the picture is my husband, the light of my life. I decided the only appropriate link is a song called 'You Light Up My Life' by LeAnn Rimes www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsBY722rb2M

Taken at Staxigoe Harbour., near Wick, Caithness, Scotland on a beautiful day Staxigoe is from the Norse 'gja or geo' meaning inlet and 'stakkr' meaning stack or rock, thus inlet of the stack. It is a pretty little harbour, dating back to at least 1878, which was when the harbour was to be found on the first Ordnance Survey Map, although it is a natural harbour and there are suggestions the harbour itself could date back to the 1600s. It was once the largest herring salting stations in Europe. I have added a Gene Clark song called 'Rough and Rocky' as my link www.youtube.com/watch?v=cio5lkFpRcg

Taken at Staxigoe Harbour, near Wick, Caithness, Scotland on a beautiful day when the blue of the sky almost merged with the colour of the sea. Staxigoe is from the Norse 'gja or geo' meaning inlet and 'stakkr' meaning stack or rock, thus inlet of the stack. It is an attractive and well cared for little harbour as can be seen by the weather vane and bench painted in jaunty blue and white. Staxigoe dates back to at least 1878 when in featured in the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It was once the largest herring salting stations in Europe but went into decline with the construction of a larger port in Wick just a coupld of miles East of here. Nowadays a set of steps lead down to this pretty harbour where there are just a couple of small boats, seen beyond the bench here. The massive 'stack' or rock of which the top is visible on the left of the picture has an old winch nearby and picnic tables painted in the same blue as in the shot. The gentle slope out to the Noth Sea makes it a popular place for swimmers. As a nod to the herring salting history of the place I have added a link from Vision Thing which is a song about a fishing community near Wick and is called 'Silver Darlings' (Herrings were of course known as silver darlings) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHXs1Wea_YQ Please view large as this in in 16.9. Many thanks

Dunnet Beach, Caithness, Scotland. Walk along the sand with me I have added a song by Jeff Beck and Imelda May 'Walking in the Sand' www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVXVQ-8mvE

Pictured at Lybster Harbour, Caithness, these pretty wildflowers give an attractive show of colour as a background for the bench. From the description on the Wildlife Trust's website I think the flower is Rosebay willowherb (Scientific name: Chamerion angustifolium)