Your pictures of Scotland: 15-22 March

Jacki Gordon said: "A very challenging, but ultimately rewarding time for me (but not the mountain hare) on a wet and windy day in the Cairngorms."

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 March.

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Alan Millarvie took this picture of the Kelpies in green for St Patrick’s night.

Brian Forsyth said: "I was in Arbroath with hundreds of others to say farewell to the RNLB Inchcape as she left the town for the last time, transferring to Anstruther."

Alana Willox sent this picture of a mandarin duck in Fyvie Castle Loch, Aberdeenshire.

Colin Matheson said: "Inbound aircraft to Aberdeen Dyce as the earth spins around by Dunnottar Castle."

Tony Marsh captured this photo of a Highland Cow in Swanston, Edinburgh.

Frank McCafferty took this dramatic drone shot of the Wallace Monument.

Helen Sadie said: "HMS Vengeance arriving in the Gareloch, en route to Faslane Naval Base after a long seven months at sea."

Rakesh Raju took this backlit shot of a robin at Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve in Fife.

Hitesh Sehgal took this picture in Glencoe.

Jim Fanning took this photo of the Beacon of Hope monument in Glasgow Central Station.

Jim Hughes took this long-exposure photo of the Nasmyth Bridge and the River Almond at East Calder.

Ken O'Keefe said: "This is a photo of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in silhouette as seen from Queensferry Street, Edinburgh. The church looks like a spacecraft the has landed!"

Linda Updike from Wyoming sent this shot of the Callanish Stones. She said: "We had the stones to ourselves and enjoyed wandering in and out of the shadows."

Lois Frankel captured this impressive view on Skye.

Maia Forrester from Edinburgh said: "Each spring, frogs appear, seemingly out of nowhere and all of a sudden, and immediately start a mating frenzy! It's always fantastic to see the frogs appear as it really marks the start of spring."

Matthew Gibbins said: I went for a walk up to Coire Ardair. From here I headed up Easy Gully to the Creag Meagaidh plateau with help from an RAF mountaineering group I met along the way."

Nicola Orr took this shot of the Vital Spark on Loch Fyne with "spectacular reflections".

Roy Ferguson took this photo on an early-evening walk below Covesea Village on Lossiemouth West Beach.

Moira MacKintosh sent us this picture of the sunset at Roseisle beach in Moray.

Nuala Carswell's mum sent us this photo her eight-year-old daughter took while helping her grandfather check the Highland cows at Loch Etive, Argyll.

Brian Wark sent us this photo of "the guardian of the Beach Park, watcher of the hill and the great protector of Irvine."

Dan Price-Davies said: "Paddle out of Loch Clash in NW Sutherland to Oldshoremore and back after work before the forecasted storms hit."

Craig Smith took this picture of Loch Glascarnoch en route to Ullapool.

Jonathan Kinghorn said: "I took this picture of St Columba Gaelic Church in St Vincent Street, Glasgow reflected in the windows of the Santander offices whilst walking to catch a train at Charing Cross."

Alan Morrison said: "I took these photos of Sgorr Dhearg near Ballachulish during our walk around Glencoe Lochan."

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