On this page you can view the images captured by the Bernera Farmhouse and Glenelg Bay webcam 17 hours a day over the past 30 days.
Briefly, use the table of times and dates below to choose the point of interest. Press the play button under the image to play a time-lapse sequence of images from the current time until the end of the selected day.
This webcam is located at Bernera farm, 3km (1.8 miles) north of Glenelg and approximately half way between Glenelg and the slipway for the community owned Isle of Skye Ferry to Kylerhea. This webcam looks southwest across Glenelg Bay towards the village of Glenelg which is just out of view to the left. The largest of the Sandaig Island, Eilean Mòr, is visible on the horizon.
Bernera Farmhouse is available as a self-catering holiday let from Glenelg Cottages.
A picture is taken every 15 minutes between the hours of 05:00 and 22:00 UK local time (5am to 10pm). Outside of these hours there is nothing to see but blackness. Not just any blackness, but that special West Coast of Scotland blackness that, devoid of light pollution, is so black that light literally falls in to it. Click on the tables of times and dates to the left to jump directly to a hour. Please remember that you can only view pictures for today up to the current time!
Use the video recorder style buttons 
forward and 
rewind buttons under the picture to step through the selected day 15 minutes at a time. Alternatively press the 
play button to play a time-lapse sequence from morning until night.
The Last Thirty Days
The pictures below have been taken at 13:00 (1pm UK local time) on each of the past thirty days. Click on a picture to display a larger version of it above.
Saturday 20-Apr
Sunday 21-Apr
Monday 22-Apr
Tuesday 23-Apr
Wednesday 24-Apr
Thursday 25-Apr
Friday 26-Apr
Saturday 27-Apr
Sunday 28-Apr
Monday 29-Apr
Tuesday 30-Apr
Wednesday 01-May
Thursday 02-May
Friday 03-May
Saturday 04-May
Sunday 05-May
Monday 06-May
Tuesday 07-May
Wednesday 08-May
Thursday 09-May
Friday 10-May
Saturday 11-May
Sunday 12-May
Monday 13-May
Tuesday 14-May
Wednesday 15-May
Thursday 16-May
Friday 17-May
Saturday 18-May
Sunday 19-May
More Information
This webcam is located at Bernera farm, 3km (1.8 miles) north of
Glenelg and approximately half way between Glenelg and the slipway
for the community owned Isle of Skye Ferry
to Kylerhea. This webcam looks southwest across Glenelg Bay towards
the village of Glenelg which is just out of view to the left. Click here
to view a zoomable map of the area covered by the webcam courtesy of
Multimap.
Satellite image showing the location of Bernera Farmhouse and the approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat
Satellite image showing the location of Bernera Farmhouse and the approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat
The largest of the Sandaig Islands, Eilean Mòr, is visible on the horizon. It was was at Sandaig, on the mainland to the left, that author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell lived in the former lighthouse keepers cottage. Maxwell is famous for his series of otter books, including of course Ring of Bright Water. The books document his experience with the otters he brought to the island which went under the pseudonym of Camusfeàrna. In 1968 the cottage burned down and Edal, star of the Ring of Bright Water book died in the fire. Gavin Maxwell moved to another keepers cottage on Eilean Bàn where he died of cancer the following year. He is buried at Sandaig beside a small memorial to Edal.
Meanwhile Eilean Bàn is today a wildlife sanctuary with a thriving otter population, established with the assistance of the Born Free Foundation and actress Virginia McKenna OBE who appeared in the film of Ring of Bright Water.
Acknowledgment
Thank you to Tim Macpherson of Glenelg Holiday Cottages
for allowing images from his Bernera Farmhouse webcams to be displayed here.