Coral looks out from a white lighthouse above sharp sea cliffs, where a red lantern cap and bright blue water give the Aberdeenshire coast a clear, brisk character.

Pale masonry rises in a clean taper from the grassy headland, topped by a small scarlet gallery and lantern room. Dark rock shelves break the water below, with white wave lines curling around their bases. Purple wildflowers fill the lower bank, while a long blue headland reaches across the horizon under bands of cream cloud.

For anyone who has followed the coast near Coral, the lighthouse offers a familiar marker at the meeting of land and North Sea. Its high perch and the exposed rock below capture the scale of this Aberdeenshire edge, keeping the sea route and cliff path close together.