Images Dated 2011 July

19th century Stained glass window in St Cuthberts Chapel on Inner Farne Island Northumberland

19th century Stained glass window in St Cuthbert's Chapel on Inner Farne Island Northumberland depicting a pelican in her piety. The Pelican-in-her-Piety is an allegorical depiction of Jesus Christ, in both His sacrificial love and resurrection. In an age when literacy was limited, the image of the Pelican-in-her-Piety would have been recognisable and understood by everyone who saw it and was, in particular, interpreted as being symbolic of the Eucharist

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Snipe Gallinago gallinago in drumming display (note two outer tail feathers that

Snipe Gallinago gallinago in drumming display (note two outer tail feathers that vibrate as bird dives towards ground) Shetland June

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