Readers of the John O'Groat Journal and Caithness Courier have submitted some fantastic images over the last 12 months.
Here is a selection of the great photographs that have been taken in Caithness by our readers.
The John O'Groat Journal is happy to receive photographs for Your Caithness – please email them to editor@nosn.co.uk with brief details.
Photographs should be high resolution jpg files, ideally taken in landscape format.
Each week we feature one of the photos in our print and e-edition, as well as publishing a number of them online.
By submitting photographs for Your Caithness, readers grant Highland News & Media unlimited rights to publish the images but retain the copyright.
Sunrise over Wick Bay, with the James Bremner monument on the right.John Dunnett sent this photo taken between Westfield and Shebster in November.Lyall Rennie calls his photo 'Riding off into the sunset on Dunnet beach'.Derek Bremner took this image of a swell in the Trinkie Pool near Wick.Spring walk near the entrance to the main Coghill Bridge, Wick. Picture: Noel DonaldsonThe Pentalina arriving at Gills harbour earlier in 2023 with Stroma in the background, by Lyall Rennie.Derek Bremner took this photograph of the 'Toon Gardeners' cutting Kirkhill in Wick.Roger Bamfield sent this photograph of two young ladies on the wooden sofa outside SAMS in Wick High Street – "something put there by a businessman which enhances the town centre environment". He added: "The photographs for Your Caithness seem to always be of the landscape, seascapes and skies. For me, Caithness is also about the people, the industry and the enterprise."Carole Whittaker took this photo of John O'Groats harbour in the evening sunshine.Derek Bremner sent this image of the Wick lifeboat Roy Barker II and Caithness Seacoast's Geo Explorer leaving Wick harbour.Morven seen from the Guidebest road by Ian Cameron.Ian Cameron took this photo of a standing stone and heather near Broubster.This picture of the sky over Wick harbour was taken by Matthew Towe.Yarrow Cairn with Bruan wind farm in the background, taken by Derek Bremner on a walk from Cairn o' Get to Yarrows.Cheriee Shepherd sent this sunset image looking over rooftops in Henrietta Street, Wick.Derek Bremner sent this photo of the snow at Wick Riverside, looking over the Coghill Bridge.Matthew Towe sent this shot of Wick River on a lovely sunny morning.Derek Bremner sent this photo from his hike up the hill at Lybster Harbour back towards Shelligoe Harbour.This picture was taken by Derek Bremner by the stables on a South Head walk.Northern Lights seen beyond a silhouette of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, pictured by Paul Steven of Wick.Wendy Hedgecock, of Mey, sent this photograph. 'The changing light and reflections at Dunnet beach were so beautiful,' she said.Margaret Fox sent this photo at John O'Groats as the sun was setting. She said it was cold but beautiful.Looking over Wick Bay and the harbour from the South Head path, by Matthew Towe.Raymond Macdonald sent this photograph of the sunrise in Wick in the snow.Whaligoe Steps area from the southside on the John O'Groat Trail viewpoint, pictured by Derek Bremner.A curlew pictured at Occumster by Bev Haston.Matthew Towe made an early start and enjoyed some lovely views around the harbour in Wick.People picking stones on the beach below Sinclair Girnigoe Castle. Picture: Derek BremnerIan Cameron sent this photograph of the Burn of Broubster.Derek Bremner sent this image from the Wick Gala procession in Bridge Street.This photograph of Loch Calder was sent in by Roger Bamfield. He said: 'What was so striking was how the whole loch was mirror-like. The delicate clouds in themselves were striking and their reflection made it even more special.'A 'braw bright moonlight nicht' in Wick. Picture by Raymond Macdonald, Wick.Workmen repairing the Berriedale swing bridge in June, pictured by Derek Bremner.Lyall Rennie took this photograph of a flotilla of yachts passing through the Pentland Firth with Stroma in the background. 'Totally blue skies and sea, a rare thing in Caithness,' he said!Butterflies were absent from this Hebe bush in 2022 but they were back in force this time round, says Noel Donaldson.Derek Bremner sent this photo of a boat in Staxigoe Harbour.Lyall Rennie took this photo of the sun setting over the Pentland Firth.A shot from around the harbour at Wick taken by Matthew Towe before the longest day in June.Matthew Towe sent this shot from his morning walk round Wick in the lovely spring sunshine.A snowy riverside in Wick on an early morning walk, sent in by Derek Bremner.An otter captured on the Wick River by Noel Donaldson.One of the many Northern Lights shots sent in during March – this one from a member of staff at the Pearson Practice in Wick.Noel Donaldson took this photo of an otter which had to come ashore to deal with a slippery customer on the lower reaches of Wick River.
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'Root deer' – as spotted by Ian Cameron at Brawlbin.Paul Steven sent this dramatic image of surfers at Dunnet beach.Lyall Rennie captured this dramatic photo of 'spring time' on Stroma.Mary Thain from Wick sent in this image of icicles at the South Head, below the old Coastguard station.Matthew Towe sent this image of the Seafarers Memorial in Wick on a calm morning.Thurso Castle from behind Holburn Head lighthouse, pictured by Fergus Corsie from Thurso.Phil Murray shared this image of Castletown harbour in the spring sunshine.The Fairies Hill, an affectionate landmark for walkers on the upper reaches of Wick River. Picture by Noel Donaldson.Peter Mears sent this photo of the old lifeboat shed in Wick with a backdrop of the Northern Lights.Neil Buchan took this photo of some of the rosettes that were presented during Caithness Riding for the Disabled Association's end-of-term prize-giving at the indoor centre in Halkirk.John O'Groats during Storm Babet, photographed by Suzie Hay of Castletown.Derek Bremner sent this photograph as he waited to embark on the final journey with John O'Groats Ferries on the Pentland Venture in the autumn.Lyall Rennie sent this dramatic shot of a double rainbow over the Pentland Firth with the island of Stroma in the background.The calm before the storm... Matthew Towe sent this picture of Wick Harbour ahead of Storm Babet.Derek Bremner sent this photograph from a walk between Lybster Harbour and Burrigill on the John O’Groats Trail path.Looking west from Dunnet Head, photograph by Ian Cameron.Derek Bremner sent this photograph taken between Staxigoe and Noss on the John O'Groats Trail.Sunset over Loch Watten, photographed by Brian Munro.Matthew Towe sent this sunrise photo at the Trinkie.The old fisherman’s bothy at the old harbour at Nybster with the rugged cliffs of Caithness in the background, pictured by Lyall Rennie.Roger Bamfield sent this photograph which he explained shows Caithness industry in harvesting the oats on one of the fields at Charity Farm. ‘The tractor was being skilfully driven by a lad making the most of his school being closed because of the strike days,’ Roger added.Ian Cameron sent this image of Achavarn Dam, Loch Calder, on Christmas Day.Paul Steven of Wick sent this picture of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe in the Northern Lights.Old St Peter's Kirk in Thurso, photographed in the October sunlight.John Dunnett sent this image of Broubster.Matthew Towe sent this photo from Wick railway station.
Remember, you can email photos for Your Caithness to editor@nosn.co.uk throughout the year. Thanks to all the readers who have submitted images in 2023.
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