Berneray Days

28.07.25 - 24.08.25

A photographic essay recording Juliet Macleod's month-long residency on the Isle of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides.

WEEK 1 : DAY 1
Ferry wash from MV Hebrides

DAY 2
Sugar kelp, East Beach, Berneray

DAY 3
Driftwood, West Beach, Berneray

DAY 4
Gannets flying through Pabbay Sound

DAY 5
Whistling power lines, Eriskay

DAY 6
Rain spots on metal, Kildonan Beach, South Uist

DAY 7
Scallop shell, West Beach, Berneray

WEEK 2 : DAY 1
Remains of Storm Floris, North Beach, Berneray

DAY 2
Sand patterns etched by wind and water, West Beach, Berneray

DAY 3
Redundant hose from water treatment works, Loch Fada, North Uist

DAY 4
Spume amongst reeds, Loch Bhrusda, Berneray

DAY 5
Rocks, North Beach, Berneray

DAY 6
Lichen encrusted fence post, Berneray

DAY 7
Derelict cottage, Port nan Long, North Uist

WEEK 3 : DAY 1
Walk across to Vallay House ruins at low tide, North Uist

DAY 2
Rock strata near Scolpaig, North Uist

DAY 3
View across the lochs of North Uist from the summit of Lì a Tuath

DAY 4
Peaty, freshwater overspill from Loch Geireann running into the sea pools below

DAY 5
Matriarch cow returning from eating seaweed on North Beach, Berneray

DAY 6
View across Loch Aonghais reed beds towards Crogearraidh Mòr, North Uist

DAY 7
Spent thrift clinging to a rock, North Uist

WEEK 4 : DAY 1
Looking from Pobull Fhinn stone circle across Loch Langais to Eabhal

DAY 2
Discarded purse seine net, Port nan Long, North Uist

DAY 3
North Beach, Berneray looking to Pabaigh

DAY 4
Blackface tups, Port nan Long, North Uist

DAY 5
Almost ripe barley, Taraloch machair, Berneray

DAY 6
Ewe judging, Hebridean Sheep Symposium, Hosta, North Uist

DAY 7
Last walk, Berneray

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