1 Cove Bay
The location lies to the east of Hopeman, which is a little village on the Moray coast, near to Lossiemouth. I never moved anything and just composed around what was there. It’s a beautiful and unspoiled area of coastline, composed mostly of sandstone, and is an area that never fails to impress me. Jim Robertson, Lossiemouth
2 Out of the ordinary
This beautiful bird appeared in my garden this winter. It’s either a partial albino blackbird, or a leucistic thrush or fieldfare. It visited every day while there were holly berries on the tree. It used to chase the other blackbirds that it fed alongside away from the titbits that I put out for them. It has now disappeared completely. Shirley Milne, Archiestown, Aberlour
3 Fruit feast
I grabbed this photo of a wasp while it was feeding on a ripening blackberry in my garden. I have a few blackberry bushes and the wasps were coming and going. I focused on the one berry and when the wasp landed I had about four seconds before it took off again.
Stan Wilson, Langholm
4 Not so sleek
I took this picture through my kitchen window as I was surprised to see how 'furry' swallows are!We normally think of them as sleek, fast ‘speed merchants’, but close- up we can see another character. John White, Kilmuir, Isle of Skye
5 Early frosts
The photo was taken looking up to the Northern Corries of the Cairngorms. I took it beside the ski road at Glenmore, late in the morning during November. Bob Kinnaird, Glenmore
6 Colour rush
We spotted this peacock butterfly along the northeast coast at Lunan Bay. The four stunning eyespots on the wings – designed to frighten away or divert predators – actually helped us to make quick and easy ‘eye contact’ with this stunning insect before it fluttered away on the gentle breeze. David Elder, Cheltenham
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