Your pictures of Scotland: 13-20 June

A stag with a mottled brown coat staring straight at the camera while around a dozen other deer walk away behind him. The picture is taken in a grass field on the edge of a forest and below a hill. COLIN MUNRO

Colin Munro briefly joined this stag party while walking on the Balmoral Estate.

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 13-20 June.

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Five cygnets swimming in a line across water covered with plants. The cygnets are small and grey and fluffy. They have black beaks and their heads are raised above water. There are purple and pink flowering plants sitting on top of the water.DEBI BELL

Debi Bell captured these cygnets swimming through a colourful loch in Fife.

A boy with dark hair standing on top of a mountain. He is holding a Saltire above his head which is fluttering in the wind against a grey sky. There is a small pile of stones in the background.HANNAH ANDERSON

Jason Anderson celebrated as he bagged his second ever Munro at The Cairnwell near the Glenshee Ski Centre.

A dark island on an overcast day. The island is mainly made up of dark colours with a few streaks of white on the rocks. The sea is in the foreground and is also dark. The sky overhead is grey.JOANNA DEAN

Joanna Dean captured Stac Lee's gannet population on a trip to St Kilda.

A spitfire which is light green and has black and white stripes on the wings flying against a blue sky with patches of white cloud. The propeller at the front of the plane is blurred as it is moving.ARRAN GORDON

Arran Gordon saw this Spitfire G-CLXB taking flight over Perth Airport.

A red squirrel sitting on a tree branch amongst green leaves eating a peanut. The squirrel is small, red and fluffy. Its ears are pricked up and its arms are towards its mouth.NEIL INGLIS

Neil Inglis saw this cheeky red squirrel eating a peanut stolen from a garden bird feeder in Traquair, Scottish Borders.

A lighthouse which is dark against the setting sun. The top of the lighthouse is glowing orange with the sun behind it. The sky is also orange with patches of dark grey and grey water below it.SCOTT MACKELLAR

Scott MacKellar caught the sun behind Newhaven Lighthouse in Edinburgh, which made it look like the 'beam' was on.

The Queensferry Crossing, which is white, going across the Firth of Forth below. The picture is taken at sunset and there is a gold glow against the bridge. The foreground has a small beach and water in it with a small hill with a patch of green.JOHN MCGUINNESS

John McGuinness, from Dunfermline, caught this angle of the Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth from St Margaret's Marsh in Rosyth.

A red phonebox in a grassy field. It has been damaged and has bits of paint coming off it. A small red postbox facing away from the camera is to its right. They are both on a grass patch with longer grass behind it.KATH MANNERS

Kath Manners found a functioning landline in this phone box at Sanna on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula when visiting from Edinburgh.

A mountain ridge covered in grass with a hiker wearing dark clothing and a light green backpack walking with poles in the foreground. Part of the left side of the image is covered with a thick white-grey fog. The sky is overcast.JEANNIE MCLEAN

Jeannie McLean enjoyed an "atmospheric" hike on the Three Brothers Ridge in Glen Shiel.

A grassy field with yellow flowers dotted around it. There is an old wooden row boat in the centre of the image in front of a dark-coloured stone wall. The sky above is light blue and covered with a white cloud. The hills in the background are a dark silhouette.JULIET RAWKINS

Juliet Rawkins captured a stunning summer scene at Brinkies Brae near Stromness with the hills of Hoy in the background.

A puffin, with a mouthful of fish, perched on a large, mossy rock by the water. The puffin is mainly black with a white belly and face. It has orange feet and an orange bill in which it is carrying a number of silver eels.JANE REID

Jane Reid, from Glenrothes, spotted this puffin enjoying its lunch with a beak full of sand eels on a trip to the Isle of May.

A mushroom with a red top and a white stem in amongst green moss and brown leaves on the floor of a forest.LYDIA STEWART

Lydia Stewart found this red top toadstool while wandering in a forest near Blair Atholl.

Brilliant shades of red and orange in the sky above West Lothian and Edinburgh in a picture taken at sunrise from atop a hill with the lights of the town of Bo'ness in the foreground. The outline of the bridges over the Firth of Forth can also be made out. KEVIN HAMILL

The skyline over Fife and Edinburgh at sunrise glowing bright orange and red, as seen by Kevin Hamill from the town of Bo'ness.

A straight line of wooden, pole-like sea defences stick out of a calm sea at dawn with the sky a purple and blue colour. HUGH MAXWELL

Hugh Maxwell was up early to catch the dawn colours and a calm sea at this wooden sea defence near Saltcoats in North Ayrshire.

Two women standing in dark swimsuits smiling and splashing around in shallow water next to a beach CATRIONA BURROW

Catriona Burrow captured her friends Jo and Jen splashing around on a beach on the Isle of Gigha.

Soldiers from The Royal Regiment of Scotland marching along a street in full Highland dress, including kilts, and carrying weapons on their shoulders.RODDY SIMPSON

Roddy Simpson saw The Royal Regiment of Scotland leading the Riding of the Marches in a sunny Linlithgow.

A border collie dog is sniffing the grass next to a stile and wire fence in a valley with green and brown undulating hills WENDY MACDONALD

Wendy MacDonald and her border collie Barley enjoyed an atmospheric early morning walk above Dollar Glen in Clackmannanshire.

An empty blue box with the word Scottish on the side sat next to a pile of ropes on the side of a harbour with fishing boats in the background. JESSE LEITE

Jesse Leite was taken by the peace and beauty of Portree Harbour on the Isle of Skye.

Two mountain bikes leaning against empty picnic tables with the giant Kelpies sculptures in the backgroundPATRICK MORAN

The Kelpies near Falkirk were a welcome pitstop for Patrick Moran and his brother while they were out cycling.

An otter, surrounded by sea weed, popping its head out of the water and bearing its teeth to the camera. PAUL SHAW

Paul Shaw was in the right place at the right time on the Isle of Arran to capture this otter baring its teeth.

A close up view of a seal emerging from the water with mostly its nose and eyes on view.IAN NIVEN

Ian Niven was delighted to capture a close up view of a seal on a recent visit to Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders.

Two wooden boats lying off to one side on dry ground next to open water. The boats are in a poor state of repair with no masts and foliage growing out of some areas. VICTOR TREGUBOV

Victor Tregubov saw these abandoned wooden fishing boats near Salen on the Isle of Mull.

Sea debris in the form of a giant stick in a Y shape rests on some shingle at a beach. MICHAEL O'KANE

Michael O'Kane stopped to look at some large debris on Findhorn beach on the Moray Firth coast.

The red and black spotted shell of a ladybird clinging on to the stem of a plant. JOHN DAVIS

Eagle-eyed John Davis spotted this ladybird at work on a plant in Inverkeithing, Fife.

A red panda standing on a branch slightly obscured by leaves ad other branches. The red panda has red fur, a white face and white tipped ears. SANDRA QUINN

Sandra Quinn, 49, was making her first visit to Edinburgh Zoo since she was four-years-old when she spotted a red panda.

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