Your pictures of Scotland: 27 December - 3 January

The sun shines on a mountain, with a loch in the foreground and a house in the centreIain Cameron

Iain Cameron said: "Just outside Ballachulish, the last of the evening sun catching the peaks."

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 27 December and 3 January.

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A body of clear water, with hills in the background reflected in the waterFiona Berry

Fiona Berry said: "I live in Kilwinning and took these pictures on our climbing club New Year trip to the Smiddy hut in Glen Etive."

A beach at sunrise with a lighthouse in the backgroundFabio Todde

Fabio Todde took this photo on Christmas Day at Rattray Head, Crimond, Aberdeenshire.

A country road winding off to the left with a brightly coloured forest to the rightKevin Williamson

Kevin Williamson said: "This was taken whilst out on a car journey in the Aberdeenshire countryside, near Torphins."

A car mirror reflecting a sunset with a landscape in the backgroundAlison Pendlowski

Alison Pendlowski said: "Driving up the A90, heading up to Peterculter for Christmas with family with a beautiful sunset behind us, as can be seen in the car wing mirror."

An image of popular Scottish singing duo The Proclaimers projected onto a wallAngela Pearson

Angela Pearson took this photo of The Proclaimers projected onto Edinburgh Castle during The Castle of Light experience.

A greenfinch stares with a hard expression whilst clinging to a bird feederFrank Wielbo

Frank Wielbo took this shot of a "greenfinch with a scary face at our garden feeder near Melrose in the Scottish Borders."

A ferris wheel lit up by the sun with the rest of the street in shadowDarren Pearson

Darren Pearson took this dramatic photo of Princes Street in Edinburgh

Sheep eat from a trough with the sun in the backgroundHazel Hood

Hazel Hood took this photo of sheep eating at Whitehillocks Farm in Glen Clova, Kirriemuir

A dark, brooding cloudy sky over a city centre, with a church steeple in the middleIshan Acharya

Ishan Acharya sent us this picture taken in Inverness

A mountain with a snowy foreground and a white cross in the skyIain Fyfe

Iain Fyfe captured this celestial Saltire at Lochaber with Ben Nevis in the background

Two leafless trees silhouetted by a sunriseJimmy Mason

Jimmy Mason from Dunfermline said: "Taken while passing the kissing trees on the back road to Kinghorn, amazing morning sky"

A lenticular cloud behind buildings in the foregroundJohn Dickson

John Dickson said: "Spotted this interesting, UFO-like cloud formation over North Berwick while walking with my partner Gill at the weekend."

Twelve sheep in a line from left to right, standing in a snowy field Liz McCree

Liz McCree said: "Sheep all queuing up the British way. Taken in Glen Clova."

The silhouette of a church and flying bird in front of a sunsetManilyn Ritchie

Manilyn Ritchie said: "Golden sunrise ignites the sky on Christmas day, the silhouette of south church of Fraserburgh and the harbour lighthouse."

Two Highland cows, one in the foreground and one at the rear, behind a fence in a fieldMelanie Barrett

Melanie Barrett took this photo of two Highland cows close to the Glencoe Visitor Centre

A long-exposure photo of a waterfall running down the centre of the picture surrounded by trees and vegetationParul Ghosh Dastidar

Parul Ghosh Dastidar said: "Stumbled upon this waterfall in full spate near Ardvreck Castle."

A panoramic photo of a harbour with a blue sky above and three people walking at the left-hand sidePete Wilson

Pete Wilson from Elgin said: "A pic of Lossiemouth on Christmas Day, it was 15c!"

A landscape with a loch in the middle taken from a hillRona MacKinnon

Rona MacKinnon took this photo at Kinlocheil

The sun setting on a bayRachel East

Rachel East said: "Where heaven meets earth. The sun setting on another year at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire."

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