Swona
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Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974.
Swona, viewed from South Ronaldsay
The beacon on The Tarf, Swona
Approaching the north head of Swona. Several houses can clearly be seen.
Swona cattle in 2010
Pentland Firth
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The Pentland Firth is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east.
Swona
…Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974. Swona is the more northerly of two…
Looking across the waters of the Pentland Firth to the island of Hoy in Orkney
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