Your pictures of Scotland
A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 13 and 20 February.
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Jacki Gordon captured this striking image of a grey heron waiting patiently for a passing fish at the river running through Rouken Glen park in East Renfrewshire.
Twelve-year-old Maeve Wilson, from Uddingston, took this photo of a vole nibbling a blade of grass in the snow in Glen Coe.
Doug Kinnaird, from Edinburgh, was slowly drifting in his kayak through Loch Awe's Black Islands on "a fabulous winter morning". The snow-topped mountain in the background is Beinn a Bhuiridh, part of the Ben Cruachan "hollow mountain" hydro electric scheme. The sky and water are a deep blue.
Tommy Bamford snapped this stunning sunrise over the Firth of Clyde from the Greenock esplanade.
These vibrantly colourful dragons were spotted by Raymond Watson in Kilmarnock town centre during celebrations for Chinese new year.
Kenneth Milligan says this robin was "looking after the lost shoes" when he spotted it at Seamill Beach.
The only thing to do on these dull days is to "play with colour and water indoors", says Loreena Price from Mintlaw, who put her efforts into creating this image of an orange gerbera seen through a droplet of water.
Donna Jamieson was shocked to see this peregrine falcon peeping in the window of her 12th floor flat in Toryglen.
"I had seconds to take a couple of snaps before it majestically sped off. Amazing."
Elena Reid says she was lucky enough to see an aurora on a walk along Nairn beach.
On a search for mountain wildlife in their snowy habitat, Nick Sturgess, from Muir of Ord, went out in the northern Cairngorms near Carrbridge.
"I came face-to-face with this lovely mountain hare seemingly enjoying the winter sunshine as much as I was,"he says.
David Currie took this image of Ben Lomond beneath the stars at 2am, while on a hike through the night.
Mike Sutherland, who volunteers at the Friends of Blairs Loch, caught this squirrel mid snack at a feeding area and hide the charity set up near Forres.
John Cuthbert endured freezing conditions "on stubbornness and blind optimism" to get this image of the mill at Hawick,
"because every photographer knows that the moment you give up and leave is exactly when something magical happens".The sun broke through for a few brief moments, and he says everything shifted - the light, the mood, the whole view of the world.
This close-up picture of three snowdrops with some water droplets on them was taken by Robin Gladstone from Galashiels.
Gareth Overton took this photo looking towards Meall Garbh on the Tarmachan Ridge.
"My son, on the right, has a false impression of walking in the Scottish hills, as we keep picking perfect days,"he says.
Gavin Gall went to the Morvern Peninsula to photograph some of west of Scotland's winter wildlife and managed to take this photo of a magnificent white-tailed sea eagle in flight off the coastline of Mull.
Eric Niven said:
"It was nice to see some sun near Dalguise in the StrathTay part of Perthshire, not far from Dunkeld, when I was cycling."
This striking image of Grieg Street Bridge in Inverness at night could be on the cover of a gothic novel, according to David Lee from Kingussie.
Charlie McGinn, from Helensburgh, took this photo while hillwalking in Arrochar and Tarbet.
"What an amazing view on a beautiful winter's day,"he said.
"Loch Lomond on the left and Loch Long on the right, with the snow-capped Luss Hills in the centre. The sun bow around the sun made my day. Stunning."
Dianne McLeish took this picture of the seals basking on the beach at Findhorn Bay in Moray while on a walk through Culbin Forest.
Gordon Pearson snapped this wintry scene at Glen Coe.
Marcus Tyler shared this picture of a back-lit Little Egret coming in to land at the golf course in Perth.
"After the dull weather it was lovely to capture this moment in the sun,"he says.
This horseman anemone, surrounded by feather stars and yellow-ringed sea squirts, was pictured under the water in Loch Carron by Graeme Bruce.
This spotted red-breasted merganser enjoying the sun off the Musselburgh Sea Wall. Taken by Jack Murray-Bird from Edinburgh.
These jelly ear fungus were photographed by Glenys Norquay while on a walk in Duddingston, Edinburgh. It was
"one of the few good things to emerge from this long, damp spell,"she says.
