Around Scotland in five pictures


A SELECTION of photographs taken from across the country by our readers, including stunning landscapes of Fife and Grantown-on-Spey
• Linda Ormiston took this sunrise photograph of Smailholm Tower near Kelso in the Borders
• Crawford McNeill was lucky enough to get this shot of an otter at Toft in Shetland
• Reader Alan Pottinger from Edinburgh photographed the Pass of Glen Coe, showing how recent sunshine has cleared the tops of snow, presenting an inviting prospect to hillwalkers
• Dog day afternoon … what better way to spend a glorious sunny day than fishing peacefully at Lochindorb north of Grantown-on-Spey? Gordon Anderson captured the moment perfectly
• Ray Clark snapped this photograph of a pheasant during a visit to Culross Abbey in Fife