Readers’ pictures of the week, 29/06 - 04/07

A selection of photographs submitted to the Scotsman picture desk by our readers, including impressive shots of the marina at Largs and a heron hunting in Lochend Park.

Picture: Frances Solah

Thursday 4 July: Frances Solah took this magnificent photograph of sunset reflections of boats in the marina at Largs in Aryshire

Wednesday 3 July: The Scotsman’s Clive O’Neill took this lovely picture of a heron hunting in Lochend Park, Edinburgh – with a coot attempting to photobomb in the foreground

Tuesday 2 July: Andrew Burnett took this picture of the ferry to the castle at Loch Leven in Kinross, with the Kirkgate Park in the background

Monday 1 July: Curtis Welsh sent in this image of The Braw Lad and Lass with their attendants as they make their way across the River Tweed by Abbotsford to end Gala Week at Galashiels

Saturday 29 June: Jim Paxton took this picture at an exhilarating-looking canoe event at Yair Bridge in the Borders.

Friday 28 June: This woodpecker and her offspring were much bolder than usual when Helen Kirkness captured this image of them feeding in her Rosslyn garden