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The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Early 20th century. Edwardian Baroque-style baldacchino-type drinking fountain. Light grey granite plinth and base with black granite inscription band, polished Peterhead granite urn fountain with 4 polished Peterhead granite Doric columns supporting a rib-domed and corniced light grey granite canopy with swagged-etched frieze and gold-painted crown finial. Quoted from the British Listed Buildings website .

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Dumbarton Castle is the most ancient continuously fortified place in the British Isles. Dùn Breatainn means 'fortress of the Britains'. Quoted from the Clyde Waterfront website .

Crail Harbour, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland

RFA Tiderace is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 1 December 2016 and was accepted by the Ministry of Defence in June 2017. Tiderace entered service on 2 August 2018. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Hamilton, Scotland

Dumbarton Bridge over the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland

Forth Ports Leith is Scotland’s largest enclosed deep-water port with the capability of handling vessels up to 50,000 deadweight tonnes. Located to the north east of Edinburgh, less than 3 miles from the city centre, the port has access to Scotland’s road and rail networks and is well positioned for all North Sea shipping activities. Quoted from the Forth Ports website .

Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th century. In the 19th century the estate was purchased by John Buchanan of Ardoch, who demolished the ruins of the old castle and erected the present building. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Situated in idyllic surroundings, Station Park provides activities for all the family. The park boasts attractive gardens, a boating lake, an 18-hole putting green and a one of a kind interactive water feature called Moffatasia, where children can play all day between the splashes and squirts while parents relax and take in the surroundings. The boating lake is a real favourite - there's a wide variety of boats available, from kayaks and rowing boats to swan pedalos and the famous Fernando the Dragon pedalo. Quoted from the Visit Moffat website . Moffat is a former burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town. Quoted from Wikipedia .

St Enoch Square in the rain.

Spreading over the valley between the Castle and the Church of the Holy Rude the Old Town Cemetery is of outstanding importance within the historic landscape of Stirling. Quoted from the Old Town Cemetery website . "We know of no sweeter cemetery in all of our wanderings than that of Stirling." (William Wordsworth)

The Vital Spark was a BBC Scotland television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It starred Roddy McMillan as Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark . Quoted from Wikipedia.

The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), or simply blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species. Quoted from Wikipedia . Blackbird by The Beatles

Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the lily family . It is a wild relative of onion, native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland. Quoted from Wikipedia .

You can't really miss St Andrew's Parish Church, Moffat. Its huge red stone tower dominates the approach to the town along the A701 from the M74 and the south. And even if it had been built in a more retiring position it would be difficult to overlook the largest parish church in South West Scotland. Quoted from the Undiscovered Scotland website .

Jean Armour (25 February 1765 – 26 March 1834), also known as the "Belle of Mauchline", was the wife of the poet Robert Burns. She inspired many of his poems and bore him nine children, three of whom survived into adulthood. Born in Mauchline, Ayrshire in 1765, Jean Armour was second oldest of the eleven children of stonemason James Armour (died 1798) and Mary Smith Armour. She met Robert Burns on a drying green in Mauchline around 1784 when she chased his dog away from her laundry. According to Armour's testimony in 1827, she met Burns again at a local dance. Quoted from Wikipedia .