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Shirley May
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Scottish tour guide with a love of history, folklore, the outdoors, food and travel. Yoga, every damn day!
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The merry dancers were on show last night in the Scottish Highlands. A very lucky helicopter pilot flies right through it.
Photo of Aurora Borealis, taken close to Inverness Airport, and you can see a helicopter pilot fly through it. Picture is dark in the foreground, which includes a tree and rooftops. The colours in the sky are green, mauve and pink.
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Last nights sky🔥
Sunset in the Highlands, bright orange and dark grey.
October 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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A misty morning travelling to Inverness as Storm Amy approaches. We’re expecting 100mph winds tonight in the Scottish Highlands.
Black and white picture of cars crossing the Kessock Bridge from Ross-shire to Inverness, capital of the Scottish Highlands. The bridge is shrouded in thick mist in the morning, as Storm Amy approaches.
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Dramatic skies at Ardmair, Wester Ross #scottishhighlands
Dramatic sunset at Ardmair, Wester Ross. Purple, grey, red and orange. Reflections on the water.
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The summer fades away again, as autumn begins her show. A beautiful start to the day here in the #scottishhighlsnds. I can smell the changing of the season in the air. Bring on starry nights, cosy fires and crunchy leaves.
A beautiful sunrise as we move towards autumn. A sky of bluish grey with big bursts of orange blazing through the cloud.
August 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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It’s International Dog Day. A great opportunity to celebrate Gracie, my boss and all round adventurer. Pic taken beside the ruins of Ardvreck Castle, beside Loch Assynt in the #scottishhighlands
Celebrating Gracie the Golden Retriever on International Dog Day. She’s photographed beside Loch Assynt, with the remains of Ardvreck Castle in the background. Blue skies and x reflection of the castle in the water.
August 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Woke up to mist up the Glen this morning. Harvest time in the Scottish Highlands.
Scottish Highands. Photo taken from the top of a small hill in a Scottish Glen, overlooking fields at harvest time which have a covering of mist. Mountain’s are in the background and the sky is bright blue.
August 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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I’m part of a large group who’ve known each other for over thirty years, there’s 23 of us. We all live in Europe, so we organise what we call a Gathering of the Clans, somewhere different every two years. We all take turns organising the venue. WhatsApp group is always good value.
July 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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It’s another beautiful day in the Scottish Highlands. Had to stop at Loch Mallachie and take a bit of time to breathe & reflect on how lucky I am to live here.
Reflections and early morning mist at Loch Mallachie in the Scottish Highlands. Green trees on a small island on the loch are reflected on the blue water, as is a blue, cloudless sky.
July 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The best pork pie of my life this weekend on the summit of Sgurr Dhomhnuill, in Ardgour, the Scottish Highlands. ❤️ where you live!
One pork pie sitting on the summit of a mountain on a sunny day in Scotland. Other mountains feature in the background, with blue skies as it was a 28c day in July.
July 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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A beautiful sunset on a special mountain, the first I climbed as a child, and every year since. Suilven, in the North West Highlands of Scotland.

📸 by Johnny MacAulay
A beautiful sunset on a special mountain. Suliven is also known as the sugar loaf due to its shape. The mountain is in the background, with the sun setting on it. The foreground shows wet peatland and trees.
July 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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A picture taken from a summit in the Cairngorms shows the scale of ongoing wildfires in the Carrbridge and Dava areas of the Scottish Highlands. Several fires started on Saturday by humans “wild camping”, setting campfires and leaving bbq’s behind.
A picture taken from a summit in the Cairngorms shows the scale of ongoing wildfires in the Carrbridge and Dava areas. Plumes of smoke depicting fires that are servers miles wide.
June 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The sun sets on this summer solstice at Dores Beach, Loch Ness. #scottishhighlands
Sunset at Dores Beach, Loch Ness. Pebbled shore looking towards the orange glow of the sun setting in between the hills, either side of the loch.
June 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Lenticular and iridescent clouds over beautiful Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands earlier today.
Lenticular and iridescent clouds in a blue sky. Green foliage in the foreground, and a solitary tree in full green leaf. The place is Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands earlier today,
May 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Lenticular clouds on my way home last night. Beautiful.
Photo of lenticular clouds in a bright blue sky over the Black Isle. Scottish Highlands.
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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A beautiful Red Kite soaring above my house in the Scottish Highlands. What a place to live!
Bird of prey, a Red Kite, soaring high across a blue sky in the Scottish Highlands.
April 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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One of my biggest concerns too. The UK has experienced significant loss of its plants, animals & fungi over many decades. One of the most nature depleted countries on earth, yet the wing nuts out there continue to be platformed whilst spouting absolute nonsense in relation to both cause & solution.
fungi.now
January 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Swings like this are very concerning.
January 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Minus 14 with me on Saturday. I was walking the dog in shorts and a thin fleece this afternoon.
January 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Interesting light refraction of freezing fog over Muir of Ord in the Scottish Highlands this morning.

📷 credit to Steven Martin
Light refraction in frozen fog. Various colours and has a cathedral like feel.
January 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Road trip home to the north west of Scotland. The beautiful and wild landscapes of Assynt.
Snow dusted road cuts through a wild and rugged landscape with a snow covered mountain.
January 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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They never fail to impress. HNY to you and yours Jakki 🥃
January 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The Merry Dancers brought in a new year in the Scottish Highlands. Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! 🥃
Aurora Borealis - red and green colours in the night sky above a dark foreground.
January 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Good times at the local festive tractor run last night. Supporting two charities this year; Young Lives v Cancer and Farm Strong #Ross-shire #Highland
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December 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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This is my vibe today. That weird time of year where no one knows what day or time it is.
December 28, 2024 at 10:13 AM