On this page you can view the images captured by the Glen Bernera and Glas Bheinn 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 at Bernera Farm, 3km (1.8 miles) north of Glenelg, looks north east down Glen Bernera towards Glas Bheinn 394m (1,300 feet). The road continues to Ardintoul Point.
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.
More Information
This webcam at Bernera Farm, 3km (1.8 miles) north of Glenelg,
looks north east down Glen Bernera towards Glas Bheinn 394m (1,300 feet).
The road continues to Ardintoul Point.
Satellite image showing the location of Bernera Farm and the approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat
Satellite image showing the location of Bernera Farm and the approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat
Click here
to view a zoomable map of the area covered by the webcam courtesy of
Multimap.
The settlement at Ardintoul has played host to an eclectic collection
of industries over the 100 years.
In the 1930s a mine opened to harvest a seam of talcose rock. During
the three years of mining, around 600 tons of rock was shipped by aerial
ropeway down to the Loch Duich where it was loaded in to Clyde Puffers
beached on the shore. The rock was conveyed by sea and canal to
Bonnybridge in Central Scotland where it was crushed to produce talc
powder. "Triton", the puffer with the distinction of carrying the last
shipment of rock before the mine closed, was driven ashore in Loch Slapin
on 18th December 1933 and declared a total wreck. Fortunately the crew
of four were able to make their way to safety.
During the World War II Ardintoul served as a small Royal Navy fuel
depot. The depot supported the ships operating from Kyle of Lochalsh on
mine laying and defensive operations and had two circular oil tanks
linked by pipeline to a refuelling jetty.
Today Ardintoul is home to 23m (75 feet) TV transmitter mast and a
Marine Harvest sea-water salmon farm.