Readers’ pictures of the week

A SELECTION of pictures submitted by our readers.

This week’s images include:

• Malcolm W Ewen took this charming photograph of a couple of seals at Westray in the Orkney Islands

• Dan Shade captured this atmospheric picture at sunset featuring the causeway out to Cramond Island near Edinburgh

• Tor Sodergren got up close and personal with the puffins – or Tammie Norie as they are known in Shetland – during a recent trip to Sumburgh Head

• Jim Masson took this imposing photograph of Smailholm Tower, near Kelso. The peel tower, which provided protection from raids from across the Border, was built by the Pringle family

• Reader Malcolm Sutherland’s photograph, taken in the spring from the CalMac ferry as it left the island of Mull in its wake, captures a band of sleet sweeping in to dramatic effect

• Two for teasel: Reader David Tucker photographed a peacock butterfly and a honey bee feeding on nectar from teasel plants in the grounds of Castle Campbell near Stirling recently

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