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Sue Dumbleton
@stirlingriversider.bsky.social
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Interested in: nature, charity governance, education, islands, photography, books, family history research, learning disability and tin tabernacles
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Almost full #supermoon from my back garden in #Stirling 06:00am 7th #October 2025. #harvestmoon #huntersmoon
Full moon emerging from clouds in very early morning light.
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Some fine #fungus in #ScottishBorders today.
Four images of fungus growing in Scottish Borders area.
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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@slowwaysuk.bsky.social
#RoxburghViaduct crossing the #RiverTeviot in #ScottishBorders. Part of the dismantled #Kelso line. Now a great #walking #path
A disused railway viaduct crossing a river in Scottish Borders. Now a walking path
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Beautiful #spindle berries in #Stirling
#euonymuseuropaeus #autumn #nativetrees
The fruit of a spindle tree. Bright pink before opening to orange. Growing in Stirling
September 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The original platform of #Dollar #station on the closed #DevonValleyRailway. Now a #foot, #cycle & #bridle path it runs from #Alloa to #Dollar #Clackmannanshire @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
The platform of a demolished railway station on a now closed railway line in central Scotland
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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@rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Gannet at #TroupHead #Aberdeenshire
A gannet perching on the cliff top at RSPB Troup Head Aberdeenshire
August 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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@papayranger.bsky.social
Annual visit to #Papay #PapaWestray last week. Just a day trip from #Pierowall #Westray. Glorious as ever
Loved the #archive.
#KelpStore
#SouthWick
#KnapofHowar
An archive of residents of Papay (Papa Westray), Orkney held at the Kelp Store on the island. Photo shows ring binders, one for each house on the isle The beach at South Wick, Papa Westray, Orkney. Photo shows sweep of white sand, wildflowers and a few houses Neolithic site on Papa Westray, Orkney. Photo looks across the water to the island of Westray. A deserted beach on the Orkney island of Papa Westray
August 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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@rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
#FebruaryBirdoftheMonth #Redshank #Tringatotanus spotted in #NorthBerwick #EastLothian today
@eastlothiangreens.bsky.social @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social
A redshank, wading bird on a golf course in East Lothian.
February 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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@rspbscotland.bsky.social #kestrel in #Stirling this morning. Looking for its breakfast in a frozen #KingsPark
January 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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@scotwildlife.bsky.social
A regular visitor to the middle of #Stirling enjoying the chilly water of the #RiverForth today #seal
A seal surfacing from the cold dark water of the River Forth in Stirling
January 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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@plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Two good winter spots in #Dunblane today. #JellyEarFungus fruiting and #WitchHazel flowering
#Auriculariaauricula & #hamamelismollis
Jelly ear fungus on an elder tree. A strange translucent brown fungus which looks a bit like a human ear Winter flowering witch hazel - yellow flowers which look a bit like a pom pom
January 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social I know the #NewYearPlantHunt is all over for 2025 but #groundsel flowering 03.01.25 in #Stirling
Groundsel flowering in January. Spotted in a field in Stirling. A yellow flower and green leaves
January 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social

01.01.25 ivy showing some late flowers in #Stirling

Thanks for the #newyearplanthunt
Common ivy with some late flowers and unripe fruits on January 1st 2025. Seen in Stirling
January 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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That's a hard one. I'm going for #OldBeacon, the third ever #lighthouse built in #Scotland. It's on #NorthRonaldsay, #Orkney. But there were so many contenders. If you enjoy photography think about joining #Blipfoto www.blipfoto.com
An old and now disused stone built lighthouse on North Ronaldsay, Orkney.
December 31, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social #pulmonaria #lungwort flowering early in #Stirling. Naturalised in a public space, a woodland garden by the #RiverForth
Pulmonaria flowering in a woodland garden in Stirling. It is an early bloomer but December is really early
December 30, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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Have one of mine!
Ring of Brodgar Neolithic stone circle, Orkney mainland. Wildflowers in foreground and a blue summer sky
December 28, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social Daisy and campanula both flowering sturdily in #Stirling 28.12.24
Campanula flowering in December. Purple flowers with buds still to open. Daisy flowering in December. White petals and a slightly bent stalk. In a wildflower garden.
December 28, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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#BailbrookMissionChurch #Bailbrook near #Bath. Splendid #tintabernacle in a sad state. Such a fancy design #corrugatediron
A former church made of corrugated iron. Very rusty and looking derelict. At Bailbrook outside Bath
December 10, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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There are #beavers on the #RiverForth in the middle of #Stirling. I saw and heard this willow fall today. They are so efficient
A willow tree felled by beavers working on the River Forth in Stirling.
November 21, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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@loiscameron.bsky.social
A corrugated iron church, known as a tin tabernacle, at Dalswinton near Dumfries
November 19, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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@scottishbirding.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

#bullfinch eating a shrivelled rowan berry #Stirling
A male bullfinch in a rowan tree eating the last of the berries. Spotted in Stirling
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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A fair old climb
Dog resting halfway up Whaligoe Steps Caithness
November 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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#Kimono #KyototoCatwalk @vadundee.bsky.social - magnificent exhibition. There's still time to see it
Kimono from centuries ago till contemporary designs. Intricate design and sumptuous fabric. On display at the V&A in Dundee
November 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Dipping a toe in. Here's a tin tabernacle
A disused corrugated iron church near Perth. Now used by the local scout group for storage.
November 15, 2024 at 7:51 AM