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Special Circumstances
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Posting my pics from around Scotland. Landscapes, places, pets, and the natural world. Infectious diseases epidemiologist by trade. Registrar in Public Health. Amateur entomologist. #Scotland #Onehealth
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When your mind is racing, just listen to the sound of the #CrinanCanal in #Argyll #Scotland in May. #mentalhealthawarenessweek
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Think we are in the Spring of Deception now #Scotland #Glasgow #Spring
A list of the 12 seasons in Glasgow (Scotland): winter, fools spring, second winter, spring of deception, third winter, the pollening, actual spring, summer, hell, false autumn, second summer, actual autumn.
March 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Sometimes you just want to lie in bed and cuddle your duck #Labrador #Pets #Dogs #Scotland
A black Labrador lying in his bed cuddling his favourite duck toy.
March 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Out for a walk with the boy in Auchineden estate (near Glasgow). Had to be quick. A flick of the tail and gone… Common lizard is a bit of rubbish name for this beauty. #Scotland #wildlife #nature #lizard
Just the head of common lizard (Auchineden estate, Scotland) peeking out from dry grass and leafy litter after it got disturbed sun-bathing.
March 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A pair of #Ptarmigan in winter plumage on the slopes of #CarnAnTuirc They made a great effort not to move as I approached, unlike the grouse which noisily launched from rocks every few metres. #Munros #Scotland #Wildlife #Birds #Mountains
A male and female Ptarmigan in winter plumage crouched among snow-covered grass and rocks on the slopes of a mountain in Scotland
March 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Winter still very much in charge in the #Cairngorms A fine day, with the #GlasMaol #Munros all to myself. #CarnAnTuirc #CairnOfClaise #GlasMaol #CreagLeacach #Scotland #Mountains 🥾
Taken from below the summit plateau of Glas Maol, Cairngorms, Scotland, looking Northwest towards snow covered mountains, which are sunlit where there are gaps in the dark grey lid of clouds. The shattered, rocky, snow covered summit cairn (with trig point) of Glas Maol, a mountain in the southern Cairngorms, Scotland. The sky is almost fully enveloped in a light grey bank of cloud rapidly covering the view. Looking up towards the corrie Garbh Choire, part of the connecting ridge between Cairn of Claise and Glas Maol, which are two mountains in the southern Cairngorms of Scotland. The landscape is frozen with a thin layer of snow, and a craggy top, below a blue sky almost lost in scraggly grey cloud. View from the valley floor looking towards a snowy Carn an Tuirc, a mountain in the southern Cairngorms of Scotland. In the foreground there is a river flowing down from the mountain (Allt a Garbh Choire)
March 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Legs destroyed by brambles and first ticks of the year, yass. A sweltering 14 degrees in March and a cracking view on #BeinnLagan #Scotland #Marilyns #Mountains
Summit photo of Beinn Lagan, near Strachur, Loch Fyne, Scotland. There is a trig point in the foreground, looking over pale yellow and burnt orange coloured grassy moorland, south-west towards distant hills. The sky is streaked with sunlit clouds, gapped with pale blue sky.
March 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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It’s ok, it’s Caturday #caturday #catsofbsky #cats #pets
A black and white cat sitting on a table facing the camera. She probably wants you to open the door, which has a cat flap in it. Because she’s a cat.
February 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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#mood #HarlequinLadybird ? First I’ve ever seen in Scotland. Looks like it got disoriented by temperatures fluctuating between freezing and into double digits. Think maybe many of us feel like cramming our heads into a dark space and not emerging till the sun shines. #insects #ladybird
January 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Hey human, it’s #caturday #catsofbsky #pets #cats
The face and upper body of a black and white cat staring into the camera up close. She is reminding you it’s Caturday. She really just wants her breakfast.
January 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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That face when you absolutely, definitely, didn’t eat the box of biscuits that were for the neighbours dog. #dogs #Labrador #pets #Scotland
January 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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It’s been typically capricious of late… sudden drops in temperature followed by sudden thaws. Went from minus 7 to plus 10 in the last week. Apparently little to no snow in the Caringorms when it was like the photo attached just a week ago. I expect snow in July now 😂
Snow covered summit photo of Carn nan Gabhar, a Scottish mountain. The sky is layered soft greys, pastel blue to deep azure. The view looks north to the Cairngorms, with the moon visible as a white speck in the sky.
January 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Happy #Caturday to all
who celebrate
Marcie, a black and white tuxedo cat, pretending to be a burnt loaf of bread cause it’s Caturday.
January 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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There’s a #sitclub ? Ok, I am (sitting) down for that.
Chicken legs dangling over a bridge overlooking Loch Pattack, Scotland.
January 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Never has a face that says “I will murder you in your sleep” looked so cute. #cats #pets
Black and white photo of Marcie cat with a face of fizz cause she’s getting her claws trimmed.
January 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Sparkly snow on #Beinna’Ghlo #CarnLiath #BraighCoireChruinn-bhalgain #CarnnanGabhar #Munros #Scotland #Landscapes #Mountains ❤️
January 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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…. Some more #Beinna’Ghlo #CarnLiath #BraighCoireChruinn-bhalgain #CarnnanGabhar #Munros #Scotland #Landscapes #Mountains
January 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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An absolute belter of a day. #Beinna’Ghlo #CarnLiath #BraighCoireChruinn-bhalgain #CarnnanGabhar #Munros #Scotland #Landscapes #Mountains
January 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Merry Biscuits to one and all 🎅 #Christmas #Labrador #Pets #Dogs #Scotland
A black Labrador with a Christmas hat on, wondering when the turkey will be ready.
December 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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Rest of the photos from a grand day out on #StobaChoireOdhair and #StobGhabhar One of those days you just about get away with taking the trail shoes onto the mountains when there’s still snow about. Getting onto the Couloir Buttress was spicy. #Scotland #Munros #GlenKinglass Great day out ❤️
Lovely Glen Kinglass, Scotland. The river Abhainn Shira is in the foreground winding its way west. Snow tipped mountains above Loch Etive’s western shore rise on the horizon under a blue sky. Coirein Lochain, a corrie on the north east face of Stob Ghabhar, Scotland. The small lochan sits at the bottom of a rocky bowl streaked in snow like icing on a cake. Summit of Stob à Choire Odhair, Scotland. Looking west towards Stob Ghabhar, snow streaked and bathed in sun under a blue sky. Looking west from the Aonach Eagach ridge to the summit of Stob Ghabhar, Scotland. Snow clings to the sides of the mountain, under a blue sky streaked with light grey clouds.
December 4, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Me and my buddy chilling on Stob Ghabhar 🥾 #Scotland #Munros #StobGhabhar #StobAChoireOdhair #Labrador #Dogs #Pets
Looking down Glen Kinglass, Scotland, from Stob Ghabhar. It’s a sunny winter’s day with blue sky interspersed with cloud. A black Labrador is seen in the foreground sitting enjoying the awesome view. He wants a biscuit.
December 1, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Summit photo doesn’t do the views justice. Too windy to hang about… #BeinnBhuide #Scotland #Munros
Snow and ice covered, rocky summit of Beinn Bhuide looking south east towards Beinn an Lochain, Beinn Ime, Ben Vane and Ben Vorlich.
November 29, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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#BeinnBhuide Enjoyed this one. Cycle up the lovely #GlenFyne, climb through the gully, steep ascent onto the ridge, treacherous verglas, high-winds, big drops, smashing views #BeinnAnLochain #BeinnIme #BenLui #BenOss #Munros #Scotland
Looking up the river Fyne in Glen Fyne, Scotland. The snow sprinkled mountains Ben Lui and Ben Oss are in the background, framed by the steep slopes of Glen Fyne. A view from the slopes of Beinn Bhuide looking towards Beinn an Lochain. It’s winter and the ground has an icing sugar sprinkle of snow, beneath a layer of light-grey and pastel-peach coloured clouds. Looking North East from the summit ridge of Beinn Bhuide, Scotland, towards Ben More and Stob Binnein. The foreground is a snow-filled bowl amongst icy, broken rock. The distant mountains are lightly covered in snow beneath thin layers of cloud, topping a pastel-blue sky. The steep, rocky summit of Beinn Bhuide, Scotland, from the north east ridge. There’s a light covering of snow with patches of rock visible. The sky is filled with layers of pale-grey clouds.
November 29, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Good night #Labrador #bedtime #Dogs
A good boy Labrador sleeping happily on a couch
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Mood #GoodBoy #Labrador #Dogs #Pets #Scotland
My four-legged good boy - a black Labrador sleeping on the couch, resting his chin on the arm, looking as content as anything alive in this universe.
November 27, 2024 at 8:47 PM