EVERY day in The National we publish one of the best photographs our readers have sent in to pictures@thenational.scot from across Scotland. Here are last week's:

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Clive Purvis snapped this unusual woodland feature on an autumnal walk in the Lothians.

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Len Clemie sent this image of an extended sparrow family at North Kessock, with the Beauly Firth and Inverness in the background.

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Reader Judith I Bridgland snapped these glorious autumn leaves during a walk in Queen’s Park, Glasgow.

READ MORE: Photos of the week: Autumn colours in full show and red squirrels out and about

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Norman Allan took this shot of the thatched cottage at Culloden battlefield during a visit last week.

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Alex Orr sent us this image to show that autumn has definitely arrived in Edinburgh, as red and gold leaves strew the ground at Bruntsfield Links.

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Jane Barlow took this photograph on the Extinction Rebellion protest outside the V&A in Dundee against Barclays Bank’s sponsorship of the current Mary Quant exhibition.

To contribute your own photographs, which may be published in our newspaper and featured online, email pictures@thenational.scot along with your name and a short caption explaining where it was taken