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29 relations: Arctic tern, Basking shark, Black-legged kittiwake, Canna, Scotland, Charles Alexander Stevenson, Common tern, David Alan Stevenson, Eider, Garbh Sgeir, Gavin Maxwell, Gazetteer for Scotland, Golf course, Haskeir, Hyskeir Lighthouse, Inner Hebrides, List of islands of Scotland, Monach Islands, Oban, Old Norse, Peter Hill (writer), Pinniped, Pitchstone, Rùm, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Skerry, Television, The Minch, W. H. Murray.
- Skerries of Scotland
Arctic tern
The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae.
Basking shark
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark.
Black-legged kittiwake
The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.
See Hyskeir and Black-legged kittiwake
Canna, Scotland
Canna (Canaigh, Eilean Chanaigh) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.
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Charles Alexander Stevenson
Charles Alexander Stevenson MICE MIEE FRSE (23 December 1855, – 9 May 1950) was a Scottish lighthouse engineer who built twenty-three lighthouses in and around Scotland.
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Common tern
The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.
David Alan Stevenson
David Alan Stevenson (21 July 1854 in Edinburgh – 11 April 1938) was a lighthouse engineer who built 26 lighthouses in and around Scotland.
See Hyskeir and David Alan Stevenson
Eider
The eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria.
Garbh Sgeir
Garbh Sgeir (Gaelic: 'rough skerry') is a rock about 100 metres west of the islet Òigh-sgeir, in the Small Isles, Lochaber, Scotland. Hyskeir and Garbh Sgeir are Skerries of Scotland.
Gavin Maxwell
Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters.
Gazetteer for Scotland
The Gazetteer for Scotland is a gazetteer covering the geography, history and people of Scotland.
See Hyskeir and Gazetteer for Scotland
Golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played.
Haskeir
Haskeir (Eilean Hasgeir), also known as Great Haskeir (Hasgeir Mhòr) is a remote, exposed and uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Hyskeir Lighthouse
Hyskeir Lighthouse was established in 1904.
See Hyskeir and Hyskeir Lighthouse
Inner Hebrides
The Inner Hebrides (the Inner Isles) is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides.
See Hyskeir and Inner Hebrides
List of islands of Scotland
This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain.
See Hyskeir and List of islands of Scotland
Monach Islands
The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker (Eilean Heisgeir / Heisgeir), are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
See Hyskeir and Monach Islands
Oban
Oban (An t-Òban meaning The Little Bay) is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland.
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Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Peter Hill (writer)
Peter Hill is the author of Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper, a book describing his time as a lighthouse-keeper at the Pladda, Ailsa Craig and Hyskeir lighthouses in 1973.
See Hyskeir and Peter Hill (writer)
Pinniped
Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.
Pitchstone
Pitchstone is a dark coloured, glassy volcanic rock formed when felsic lava or magma cools quickly.
Rùm
Rùm, a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum, is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, in the district of Lochaber.
See Hyskeir and Rùm
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Skerry
A skerry is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation.
Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.
The Minch
The Minch (A' Mhaoil) is a strait in north-west Scotland that separates the mainland from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
W. H. Murray
William Hutchison Murray, (18 March 1913 – 19 March 1996) was a Scottish mountaineer and writer, one of a group of active mountain climbers, mainly from Clydeside, before and just after World War II.
See also
Skerries of Scotland
- An t-Iasgair
- Bound Skerry
- Craiglethy
- Craigmaroinn
- Dubh Artach
- Garbh Sgeir
- Hasselwood Rock
- Helen's Reef
- Hurkar Rocks
- Hyskeir
- Inchcape
- Lady's Rock
- Muckle Skerry
- North Carr
- Pentland Skerries
- Ramna Stacks
- Rockall
- Rumble, Shetland
- Skate of Marrister
- Skerryvore
- Sula Sgeir
- Sule Skerry
- The Gantocks
- The Scares
- Torran Rocks
- Ve Skerries
References
Also known as Oigh-Sgeir.