Photographs of Walney Island with its stunning beaches on the Furness Coast.
The tall blue flowers of viper's bugloss on the beach at South Walney, Walney Island in South Cumbria.
A view of Piel Castle and the remains of the Salt Works Pier, Walney Island, Cumbria.
A view over the Piel Channel to Piel Castle from South Walney, Walney Island, Cumbria.
The track that leads to the southern end of South Walney with a view across the Walney Channel to Piel Island.
South Walney Nature Reserve in Cumbria.
On closer inspection, the almost perfect narrow white tideline hugging the beach was mainly composed of the moulted shells of thousands of common small shore crabs that had been washed up then bleached in the sunshine.
A small section of a very long, narrow white tideline hugging the beach on South Walney that was mainly composed of the moulted shells of thousands of common small shore crabs that had been washed up then bleached in the sunshine.
A view of Barrow in Furness and Black Combe from South Walney, Walney Island in Cumbria.
Heligoland trap at South Walney Nature Reserve, Cumbria.
Birds enter the trap through a wide entrance, attracted by the cover and food offered by the shrubs growing inside it. They are weighed, measured and ringed before being released into the wild.
A windy day at the 1790 Walney Lighthouse, Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Remains of the old Salt Works on South Walney, Walney Island, in Cumbria.
Salt deposits were first found under Walney in the 1890s and a salt works was established with 24 evaporation pans and 6 chimneys. The works closed on 1909.
Earnse Bay, North Walney, Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. Black Combe can be seen in the distance.
NB the heat haze looks atmospheric, but has caused some distortion to the photograph.
The beach at Earnse Bay on Walney Island off the coast of Cumbria. Black Combe makes up the backdrop.
A bicycle wheel sculpture by CB Arts of Ulverston marks the start of the Bay Cycle Way at Sandy Gap on Walney Island in Cumbria. This 80 mile / 129 kilometre scenic cycle ride skirts round Morecambe Bay to end at Glasson Dock in Lancashire.
A charming 17th century cottage at North Scale on Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
A view from Walney Island across the Channel to the Ormsgill Slag Heaps from the Barrow Hematite Steel Company. The slag heaps have now been grassed over and are part of the lovely 'Channelside Walk'.
A view over the Walney Channel towards industrial Barrow in Furness from Walney Island off the west coast of Cumbria.
This 1908 bascule bridge spans Walney Channel connecting Barrow Island with Walney Island.
The bridge was also the link to Sodar, the fictional home of Thomas the Tank Engine in the childrens' book series by the Reverend W. Awdry.