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Michelle Taylor
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Ph.D. 👩‍🎓| #MarineBiologist 🌊 | #coral rubble beds | underwater photographer 📷 | SCUBA instructor | general lover of all things #ocean 🐠
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Successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis this morning so after a few minor edits (corrections) you can all call me Dr. Taylor 😁
July 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Took my new camera lens out for a play. Definitely need to work on my focus of the sky flap flaps!! Did get a very good picture of my little munchkin though 🥰
A small white dog wearing a blue harness is running at the camera along a path. His brown ears are pricked forward and his front 2 legs are off the ground like he is leaping. A white bird which is out of focus is flying over the top of a river.
March 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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It was cold. It was early. But it was beautiful.

#scotland #wintersunrise #frostymorning
A frosted tree with the sunrise behind.
March 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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It’s a slug hug!

#nudibranch #philippines #uwphoto
2 light orange (with purple spots and edges) nudibranchs are “snuggling”. One is facing the camera and one is facing away.
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Don’t worry. Be happy.
#smileystarfish
Red/brown starfish with dark tips at the end of each of 6 arms. The markings on the middle look like a smiley face.
March 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Saw my first ever pygmy seahorse this morning. It’s been 12 hours and I’m still buzzing! 😁

They are so incredibly tiny. I can totally understand how it took so long to discover they exist!
March 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Day 1 diving in the #philippines and I have already seen a flamboyant #cuttlefish, #seasnake, #Nemo and all his friends, #mantisshrimp, mimic #octopus, and an ornate ghost #pipefish!!!!
Bring on days 2-10! 😁
A dark ornate ghost pipefish with white markings on a blue background. There are some white soft corals in the background. 2 clownfish (orange, white and a little black stripe) sitting above a dark anemone. White/cream nudibranch with orange spots on a green background. A multicoloured mantis shrimp on a brown sand base.
March 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Let’s go #diving!
#travel #philippines #holidaytime #photography
March 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Puppies decided that it was time to get up so a sunrise walk in a frosty forest it is for a Wednesday morning.
#sunrise #nature #scotland #wintersunrise
An orange sunrise on the horizon with tall pine tree silhouettes to the sides. A pine forest with an orange hue behind. There is a large rock in the foreground and a path leading into the forest.
February 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Does anyone else really like looking up at falling snow?
#winter #snow #scotland
Look up at the sky of falling snow. Sky is dark grey and the snow is dark shadows.
February 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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He already had half my bed. Now he wants all of it 🤣
A brown and white dog lays in the middle of a king size bed on top of a blue duvet. He is looking at the camera.
February 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Some days I need to remind myself that I really do love my boys! Today was one of those days.
#StormEowyn #winterstorm #windy
January 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Just your standard morning dog walk!
#sunrise #wintersunrise #beautiful #nature #scotland
January 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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The snow has now melted but the gorgeous #sunrises have remained!
I have said it before and I will say it again…I live in an absolutely beautiful place. We are so lucky in #Scotland that access to our wildness is free to everyone 😁
#winter #snow #wintermornings #wintersunrise
An orange and yellow sky backs silhouettes of trees with snow in the ground Orange/punk/red sky behind silhouette trees with snow covering the ground. Orange/red sky is behind a tall pine tree silhouette with snow covering the ground. A bright orange sky is behind a row of pine and deciduous trees. A stubble field is in the foreground.
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Planning my #PhDone celebration trip. I am heading the The #Galapagos and #Ecuador in August/September. Doing a liveaboard up to Wolf and Darwin islands for the #sharks, #whalesharks, #rays. I want to spend a few days over in the Ecuadorean Amazon. What else is a must do?
Picture of snow just cause!
A single snow covered tree on ground covered in snow. In the background is multiple pine trees all with snow on them. The sky and snow have a blue hue to them.
January 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I admit I am biased. But holy moly I live in an absolutely gorgeous place!
#Scotland #Aberdeenshire #winter #snow #sunrise
Two trees with no leaves reflected in a calm river. Behind the trees is the sunrise with the orange reflected in the river too. Both banks of the river are covered in snow.
January 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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It might be cold but it is beautiful up here in #Scotland just now! But the littlest puppy needs a #snowplough attachment so he can make it through 🤣
#winter #scotlandsnow #snow #scotlandwinter
Snow covered trees lead down to a snow covered bridge. The ground is covered in snow too. Snow covered brush in the foreground with dark trees behind. The sky is orange/yellow. Dark tree trunks covered with snow. The ground is fully covered with snow too. A small dog wearing a purple jumper is buried in snow up to above the top of his legs. He is wearing a slightly confused expression and has his head tilted to one side. Behind him is a couple trees, fences and the edge of a house.
January 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Only 2025 New Year’s resolution.
#PhD #PhDone #schoolisalmostfinished
2 stickers on a wooden surface. Top one is a list of prefixes with boxes to the left. Ms, Mx, Mrs and Miss have no check. Doctor has a cross in the box. The second sticker says “It’s doctor actually”.
January 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Christmas 2024. Spent in Michigan in the snow.
A golden retriever and a corgi-Aussie Shepard mix sitting on a wooden floor. Behind them is a lit Christmas tree with a pile of coloured presents underneath. Two dogs walking on a snowy road. An arrangement of food on platters. Turkey, stuffing and pigs in blankets are on a turquoise plate. Roast potatoes, leeks, broccoli, carrots, gravy and Yorkshire puddings are also on the kitchen island. A cake shaped like a tree trunk. The top of the cake is cream butter icing with melting chocolate in rings. The edge is chocolate butter icing with Flakes stuck in. The base is green icing and there is a fence made of chocolate finger biscuits on the front with white icing for snow on top. Around the cake are decorative icing shapes - robins, mistletoe, and poinsettias. There is also 3 peppermint bark snowmen standing next to the tree trunk. In the background there are 3 mini fake Christmas trees.
December 26, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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I think the universe is trying to tell me something! My #duolingo sentence telling me I need to write more.
#phdthesis #phdwriting
A screenshot of Duolingo with Spanish “Usted necesita escribir mas” and the English translation “You need to write more”
December 15, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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I don’t mind the cold mornings when our walks look like this!

#scotland #winter #sunrise #redsky
A picture of a frozen patch of water in the forest with red/orange clouds in the sky and tree silhouettes.
December 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Tell me you are visiting family abroad who haven’t been to the U.K. in years for Christmas, without telling me 🤣
It’s a good thing I don’t have many clothes to pack 🧳
A suitcase full of wrapped presents, super noodles, Hovis crackers, a Terrys chocolate orange, stock cubes and pasta packets.
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Yes I am in my 30s. Yes my mum sent me an advent calendar!
#nevertoooldforchocolate #december #christmasiscoming
Cadbury Heroes advent calendar. The box is purple with pictures of the various chocolates inside.
December 2, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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Another fantastic year at #RCUK2024 talking all things reef! Already looking forward to next year. If you wanna help organise it by joining the committee, let us know!

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An auditorium filled with people.
December 1, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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And we are off…
#RCUK2024
November 30, 2024 at 9:32 AM