Island 261 - Eilean Trenach, Port Ramsay, Lismore, Argyll

I thought I was going to have to break my own rule of not counting unnamed islands, as this island isn't named on the Explorer map.  However according to the Ordnance Survey Open Data website this small tidal island at Port Ramsay on the Isle of Lismore is called Eilean Trenach.

Eilean Trenach is linked to Port Ramsey by a 100 or so metre long shingle tombolo at low tide and for several hours either side of it.

The island is covered in rough grass and heather.  There are a few scrubby hawthorn and rowan trees and when I visited in September 2014 blackberries were in plentiful supply and devil's bit scabious was in flower.  The island is very boggy.  Presumably the local cows sometimes wander across when they fancy a change of scenery, as there were cow pats on the island.

 Eilean Ramsay from Eilean Trenach

 Eilean Trenach

Tombolo linking Eilean Trenach to Port Ramsay

Port Ramsay from Eilean Trenach