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Hiker, nature lover, sunny days. Photos my own unless reposts. I don't do AI. No DMs plz.

Physiology research full time and MSc student in Wildlife Biology and Conservation in spare time.

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A ray of sunshine for An Sgurr on Eigg this afternoon. #Scotland
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Halloween🕷🎃
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#BeeFriday Would you like to see an Icelandic bumblebee? Sure you do! Here's a pic of the only one I saw in September last year. I was beginning to question what was doing the pollinating until I saw it! What tough little creatures they are 😊🐝 #Fridaybee #invertebrate
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#thicktrunktuesday this tree guards the entrance to a bridge over the railway at Culloden Wood.
October 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I'd love to know what's going on here! What's making these patterns? Anyone know? #bugsky #wychelm #invertebrate
September 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My sunflower finally got there! It was the only one to have grown from the several that I planted. The photo on the left is from Wednesday, and on the right photo taken on Friday. #SundayYellow #sunflower
September 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
On the buddleia in the kirkyard not so very long ago, a fresh little common carder bumblebee caught my eye 🐝
#Citywildlife #Fridaybee #bumblebees
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#insectthursday wasps - so nice when they mind their own business!
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
thanks 😊, they've had such a good year this year compared to last year. I did see what I think is a stock dove in the kirkyard last week. Perhaps you'll know if it is...
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I was catching the butterflies while they're still around!
September 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
September 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A painted lady butterfly for #insectThursday
September 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I took this today in my garden - there's going to be no pollinators left by the time it opens! I thought mine was the only one still left to open 😂
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The buddleia is still feeding the butterflies in the kirkyard 🦋😊 #citywildlife #kirkyard #Edinburgh #redadmiral #summersend
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#thicktrunktuesday a big beech tree 🌳
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#BeeFriday 🐝 The bees knees 😄
We've got to Friday again! A common carder bumblebee a little faded now and with ragged wings #FridayBee
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Strike a pose! #insectthursday
My garden gets a bit wild as I can't bring myself to cut back the encroaching brambles when they're in flower (lots of bee visitors). Then of course the fruits come after and I get the treat of watching the red admiral butterflies feed 😃
September 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Today a ride-on mower took out the flowers in the Kirkyard 😔. Most of my recent photos were from there. I took these photos just seconds before it got mowed. Just look at these beautiful creatures that were using this space. The ragwort got shredded. No longer a little green space full of life 😩
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The muted colours of a painted lady butterfly in a b/w photo. Feeding on budleia before it's long migration. Another capture from the kirkyard in Edinburgh 🦋 #endofsummer #wildlifeinthecity
September 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
September 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#SundayYellow a small copper butterfly on ragwort. This week in the Kirkyard in Edinburgh. What a year for butterflies this year has been! #wildlifeinthecity
September 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#BeeFriday 🐝 Feeling the end of summer approaching but there's still bees about! A little common carder bumblebee feeding on budleia #Fridaybee
September 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#insectthursday a bit of wasp appreciation today 🙂
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#thicktrunktuesday it was a warm day 🌳
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
#macroMonday the fascinating little face of a red admiral butterfly
September 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM