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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This foto was taken from the seafront at Prestwick in Ayrshire, in Scotland. It was about an hour before sunset. The small dark lump to the right of the lamp post is Ailsa Craig. Ailsa Craig is now uninhabited, the lighthouse having been automated in the 1970s and the quarry long since disused. The island is now a bird sanctuary. Huge numbers of gannets nest here and following a pioneering technique to eradicate the island's imported population of rats a growing number of puffins are choosing to return to the Craig from nearby Glunimore and Sheep Islands.
The name Elizabeth is actually a corruption of Elspeth, and refers to Elspeth McCrudden, daughter of Alexander "Sawney" Bean who planted The Hairy Tree in the Ayrshire town of Girvan (which is visible from Ailsa Craig). Local legend holds that Elspeth tried (unsuccessfully) to swim to Ailsa Craig to escape the mob who later hanged her from The Hairy Tree. |
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