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Brigitte Scammell
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Emeritus Professor Orthopaedic Surgery. NHS > 40 years. Work in clinical education and for a charity for homeless people. All views my own.
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Not seen so many different #insects for a while feasting on black fly on my broad beans 😊❤️🐜🐞🐝
July 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Cool #caterpillar
A hairy caterpillar orange and white
June 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Tonight’s walk with Ben ❤️
Colour dog Ben licks cows nose Two calves in a field with trees in distance Colle Ben in front of gate with lots of cows and calves behind said gate Cows with trees in distance
June 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Beautiful moon tonight ❤️
Strawberry moon rising over countryside pond
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Pesky caterpillars decimating my new Himalayan birch. Not happy!
Close up of a birch leaf with tiny caterpillars around the edge like a fringe!
May 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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After being missing for 3 days and nights I found Winnie in long grass about a mile from home. Hungry and scared.
My motto is ‘Never Ever Give Up On Those You Love’. 😻😻😻 #CatsOfBlueSky
Black cat Winnie resting back home after being missing for 3 days and nights
May 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Maize field in need of rain soon #climatechange
Maize about 15cm high with very dry and cracked earth
April 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Two out of three ain’t bad (: as Saturn didn’t show up for me for this morning’s fleeting smiley face. #smileyface
Dawn with Venus and crescent moon.
April 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Lyrids: Saw two meteors about 3.30am but no photos. So instead: Ladybirds amongst nettles and goose grass on yesterday’s walk. 💚
Two ladybirds on nettles
April 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Flowers along today’s walk. Don’t know the name of the blue one.
Small blue flower in hedge bottom. Not a forget me not. Apple blossom Dusty dead nettle flowers Cowslip in flower
April 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Ben on his walk tonight 💚
My border collie Ben, close up of his face
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Beauty abounds #spring
Sunset with trees and a lane
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Todays evening walk. The trees are waking up. #spring
Countryside with grass and seeedheads in the foreground and a pond with trees beyond
April 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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#spring #wildflowers Primroses are in full bloom
Light yellow wild primroses
April 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Attention all #gardeners Beechgrove Gardens are back on BBC2
This is my magnolia 😊
They grow well on our clay soil
Deep pink small magnolia tree in full bloom
April 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Mahonia ? in hedgerow on today’ walk
Hedgerow with yellow flowering evergreen ? Mahonia? Fields in background with maize starting to peek through the soil
March 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Happy doggie tonight #dogsofbluesky #BorderCollie
Dusk. B&W Border Collie with a red light on his collar sitting with his tongue out and grinning
March 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Discovered a row of daffodils I’ve not noticed before on this evening’s walk with Ben. Made my heart zing. #dogsofbluesky #BorderCollies
Daffodils in foreground with a pond and flat wooden bridge in the background. Looks peaceful.
March 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Taken a long time to reach the decision that due to allergy to bee venom I can’t risk going back to beekeeping. I loved my bees but I can’t risk anaphylaxis. Sold some equipment today. A start. Bees went long ago. #beekeeping #bees
Bee hives in an apiary.
March 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Sad news today. Tomorrow is another day.
Sunset with open gates to a field in the foreground and orange sky
March 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Let’s see what tomorrow brings. Time to brace the NE wind with dogs.
Two border collies with a big pond in the background beyond which is a row of deciduous trees and a winter sunset
March 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Busy lake at Wollaton Park Nottingham today. Saw swans, Canada geese, tufted ducks, herons, Egyptian geese, coots…all right in the centre of Nottingham. ❤️
March 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Setting alarm for 5am. 🤞 the moon is visible #moon
Diagram of timeline of lunar eclipse
March 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Dramatic skies on tonight’s walk with Ben #dogsofbluesky
Dramatic winter sky at dusk with silhouettes of trees against clouds highlighted orange by sunset
March 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Caught in a rain shower walking the dogs today but rewarded by a beautiful 🌈
#DogsOfBlueSky
Farmland with a rainbow
March 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM