There have been some scary sights across the Stewartry in the past few days.
Balmaghie Community Council ran a scarecrow competition and, unsurprisingly, most of the entries had a coronavirus link.
Local councillor Dougie Campbell judged all the entries, with a clown scarecrow thanking key workers coming out on top and Peter the Pandemic Pixie taking second.
Both entries were from Bridge of Dee.
Councillor Campbell said: “Some terrific scarecrows to choose from and I’m wondering if previous scarecrow competitions have been so focused on one single issue.
“The two standouts for me were the multi-coloured and attention -grabbing scarecrow and the Pandemic Pixie, which I thought was a very clever idea and really quite scary.
He thanked everyone who entered and Ian, Neil and Shirley for taking photos of the entries.
