{"id":187874,"date":"2025-12-12T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/187874\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:57:13","slug":"photographs-from-around-the-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/187874\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographs from around the country"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HarrisHarris Miller-Saleem<\/p>\n

Harris Miller-Saleem took this shot of the Edinburgh Christmas Market<\/p>\n

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 5 and 12 December.<\/p>\n

Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC’s rules on photography that can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please also ensure you take your pictures safely and responsibly.<\/p>\n

If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC’s terms and conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"JohnJohn McGuinness<\/p>\n

John McGuinness said: “My cheeky wee pal having a feed in my garden in Cumbernauld taken from my back door – managed to capture his spreading wings.”<\/p>\n

\"JezJez Campbell<\/p>\n

Jez Campbell took this dramatic shot on the Cuillin Ridge, Skye. <\/p>\n

\"PamPam Gordon<\/p>\n

Pam Gordon captured this shot of the Clydesdale horses at Spey Bay in Fochabers, Moray. She said: “Harmony in foreground with two younger Clydesdales on the skyline as the sun comes up on the crisp frosty morning.”<\/p>\n

\"AlanAlan Butterfield<\/p>\n

Alan Butterfield sent us this photo of Lossiemouth West Beach. He said: “A beautiful big sky reflected in the wet sand at low tide and, best of all, I had it all to myself.”<\/p>\n

\"NeilNeil Moir<\/p>\n

Neil Moir said: “The Triple Kirks spire drew my eye straight to the moon perched at its peak on a chilly but bright day in Aberdeen.”<\/p>\n

\"LavanyaLavanya Kashyap<\/p>\n

Lavanya Kashyap took this photo of the warm sunset light falling across the rugged cliffs of The Storr on the Isle of Skye.<\/p>\n

\"GerryGerry Doherty<\/p>\n

Gerry Doherty took this picture of “a magnificent stag in Glencoe early morning with a snow-topped Bauchaille in the background.”<\/p>\n

\"EmmaEmma Swift<\/p>\n

Emma Swift said: “I’m lucky enough to walk past St Giles every day on my way to and from work and love the way the spire looks as though its suspended in the darkness!”<\/p>\n

\"SamSam Bilner<\/p>\n

Sam Bilner took this photo of a Christmasy Ullapool at night with Calmac’s Loch Seaforth berthed.”<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Cuthbert<\/p>\n

Ryan Cuthbert said: “This was taken near Culra bothy with Ben Alder in the distance draped in clouds.”<\/p>\n

\"ColinColin Leslie<\/p>\n

Colin Leslie said: “Here’s an image taken in Cawdor Woods, Nairnshire, showing the last of the autumn colours in the mist.”<\/p>\n

\"KevinKevin Hamill<\/p>\n

Kevin Hamill took this drone shot of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling dressed in festive colours.<\/p>\n

\"VictorVictor Tregubov<\/p>\n

Victor Tregubov took this photo of Loch Lomond before the sunrise.<\/p>\n

\"KieranKieran Borland<\/p>\n

Kieran Borland sent us this photo of “my boy Chuck, getting into the festive spirit”.<\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael O’Kane<\/p>\n

Michael O’Kane took this photo of Dron Church near Bridge of Earn.<\/p>\n

\"AlanAlan Butterfield<\/p>\n

Alan Butterfield said: “Here’s a picture I took at Lossiemouth just as the sun was setting. I think it looks like the sky is on fire!”<\/p>\n

\"GillianGillian Taylor<\/p>\n

Gillian Taylor took this photo of her rescue greyhound Ollie “loving life on Montrose Beach.”<\/p>\n

\"HughHugh Griffin<\/p>\n

Hugh Griffin from Livingston took this photo of a baby squirrel on the flue of his gas boiler. He said: “Not sure why it would be there, perhaps to keep warm on a very cold morning.”<\/p>\n

\"JacquelineJacqueline Shaw<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Shaw took this dramatic shot of Ben Resipole, Acharacle.<\/p>\n

Please ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).<\/p>\n

In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.<\/p>\n

However, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.<\/p>\n

At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law. You can find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All photos are subject to copyright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harris Miller-Saleem Harris Miller-Saleem took this shot of the Edinburgh Christmas Market A selection of your pictures of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-187874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}