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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Mrs Bimbling and I got out earlier this week to bag hills she missed previously because we abandoned after she developed a sore knee on the hill. So, Aonach Beag and Beinn Eibhinn via Sgòr Iutharn. Great day out and the 'coping with vertigo course' she attended has been a great help too.

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Andrea Hudspeth 🦅🦇🌳 🙏 🌏 @aquila-andrea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We have been so very busy this summer, we haven't put on as many free events as we would have liked. We couldn't let International Bat Night go unmarked though, so we are leading a bat walk this Saturday evening! All welcome to join 🦇 Local folk please share 🙏 #internationalbatnight

International Bat Night guided walk poster, Saturday 29th August, 8pm, St Fillans

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@walkhighlands.co.uk Thought you might be interested in this... bsky.app/profile/bimb... 24 August 2026

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Whitewell carpark for Braeriach is no longer a carpark 😒

Dead-end road with a new No Parking sign.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Great hike around Braeriach today, although a bit more breezy than I'd like. Still, kept flies and midges at bay. Lots of golden plover on the plateau getting ready for the off.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

No images I'm afraid, but great fun watching an albino or leucistic house martin this morning. Was on a bike ride, so I might go back with binoculars if I get the chance. Looked like a small white handkerchief whizzing about with its pals.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Was okay through high thin cloud for a bit, but has gone now 😏

Partial solar eclipse in Scotland 12 Aug 2026

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Great day hillwalking yesterday: dry underfoot, good views, just enough breeze to (mostly) keep the midges at bay. Best of all a pair of white-tailed eagles circling together with occasional talon clasping and then a golden eagle flypast. Amazing. Always carry binoculars! 😉

Expansive view of lochs and mountains in the Scottish Highlands.

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We laugh in the face of cattlegrids 🐑

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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It's true not everyone can walk, or ride a bike, or use public transit. But for most of us, that's not because of anything to do with the act of walking, biking, or using transit itself. 🧵

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

What might be the consequences if no other party or individual stood in a Clacton by-election?

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Sorry to disturb this beautiful creature that was basking on the new path at Moine Mor NNR in Argyll. Still, better me than some passing buzzard!

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Wow! First time I've seen a funnel cloud. 😳

Funnel cloud over the Earn on the M90 in Perth and Kinross

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Came across this, which I think might be a northern egger caterpillar on an early morning walk in to the Fisherfield hills. Not much more to say, other than it wasn't the only hairy caterpillar seen that day so it's no wonder there were so many cuckoos to be heard.

Close up of a dew covered hairy caterpillar.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Making the most of the weather. This time in Fisherfield for Ruadh Stac Mòr and A' Mhaighdean. Wonderful, if very tiring 14hr day. Just the one left now.😳

Scottish mountain scenery under a blue sky

Scottish mountain scenery with the Outer Hebrides in the distance

The Scottish mountain Ruadh Stac Mòr (Big Red Hill)

The Scottish mountain A' Mhaighdean reflected in a mountain lochan, under a blue sky

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Memorable day on Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan and neighbours to bring me within three of finishing them all. But this is one to come back to. Ptarmigan, golden plover, greenshank and a vocal white-tailed eagle the reward...plus these fabulous views

The snowy mountain Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan in the Scottish Highlands from its neighbour An Socach

Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan in the Scottish west highlands

The snowy ridge off Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan

Views to the north in the Scottish west highlands with Mullach na Dhreiragain nearest.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This is spring for me; chiffchaff singing and larch bursting into flower. Such colourful and delicate looking things. Our local wood has a high south facing viewpoint and the larches both provide shelter from the early spring wind, and absorb the heat reflected off the cliff to get an early start.

Close-up of male larch tree flowers on a warm spring day

Female larch flowers (cones) at an early stage on a warm spring day

Developing larch cones from early female flowers.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

First sand martin of the year for me. Over the Tay at Perth.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Type 2 'fun' last Sunday.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Enough of the fifty shades of grey! How about some blue with white fluffyness?

The Cairngorm mountains with the Bod na Deamhain shown in the sunshine with white fluffy clouds

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Great day in good company out on the hill today and bonus, only fell over the two times. Silly old fool 🤪

Two hillwalking on a snowy Scottish mountain

The Scottish Munro Stuc a' Chroin in a snowy winter mountainscape

The Scottish hill Beinn Each (pronounced Erckh) in winter

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Choices Choices! Now festivities are about over, which one first? Actually, 'my bad' as young people (still?) say; I've already started Tim Birkhead's book. I'm eager to get started on Eager though.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Fab half day on Carn Liath above Blair Atholl. Pretty good views but not as clear as expected. But Blair Castle and Schiehallion obvious. Also a quite bracing -11.3⁰C in the light breeze at the top.

Winter view from Beinn a' Ghlo with Blair Atholl castle, Schiehallion and the Ben Lawers range in the distance

Hand held anemometer indicating a wind chill temperature of-11.3⁰C on the summit of Carn Liath in the highlands of Perthshire, Scotland.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Eugh! Pantone Colour of the month: Dreich Scottish December.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Managed to get out of the valley murk and into the sunshine late morning. Ground was still well frozen so shoes stayed clean. Frost 'heave' is very evident so it'll be gey clarty underfoot if/when it does warm up. The clearing mist added interest.

View of hills and distant snowy mountains with fog in the valleys

View down from a clifftop to tall conifers partially enveloped by mistake drifting through them

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

An installation at Lochmaddy explores the catastrophic impact of our relationship with nature and its long-term effects. The work provokes a dialogue on how the rising sea levels will affect coastal areas, its inhabitants and land usage in the future.... kottke.org/19/03/a-ligh...

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A Light Installation in a Scottish Coastal Town Vividly Shows Future Sea Level Rise

Lines (57° 59´N, 7° 16´W) is a light installation in Lochmaddy, Scotland that visualizes how much the sea level will rise if o

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The old and the new in Glen Luibeg, Cairngorms, thanks to the work of the National Trust for Scotland. And thanks to Storm Amy for creating opportunities for the pine hoverfly.

Old pines and new regeneration of pines on NTS Mar Lodge Estate. Glen Luibeg

An ancient Scots pine bent over and spiral twisted by the force of the winds of Storm Amy across Scotland in October 2025

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Two nights in the campervan and a biggish day in the hills. Bod nan Deamhain the highlight. Second breakfast on the Corrour bothy 'terrace'. And catching the inversion? It evaporated almost entirely in about ten minutes, just as we cleared it. 😀

A view of the early River Dee from the Devil's Point

Picture of the Lairig Ghru and Ben Macdhui, Scotland's second highest mountain.

Picture of cloud inversion above Corrour bothy in the Lairig Ghru through the Cairngorm hills

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Great day Tuesday on Beinn Bhrotain and Monadh Mòr. Early start meant we chased the low cloud up the hill. Came and went on the tops in the morning but lifted after noon. And when it did...wow. Fabulous views into the Big Hills.

Scottish mountain plateau cloud just touching the tops

Dark cloud on the Cairngorm mountain Beinn Bhrotain

Cairngorm view of Devil's Point down Glen Guesachan

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

This is a not altogether brilliant photo of what my friend and I think is the outcome of a lightning strike near the summit of Leum Uilleim. At the source(?) of the strike dining table size rock had been up-ended and a 'plough-line' of disrupted rock tailed off into shallow peat. V.impressive!

Evidence of a lightning strike on a Scottish mountain top. Photo is taken at the source of the strike and shows a line of some 10 metres of broken and disturbed rocks with an arrow showing where the strike tailed off into the shallow mountain soil.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Wonderful day out yesterday: train to Corrour and Beinn a' Bhric/ Leum Uilleim in great company. Improving weather, fabulous highland views and atmosphere, a spot of entomology and an estate venison burger before the train back to Crianlarich.

Net sweeping for flies at a mountain pool in west Scotland

The glencoe hills in 'atmospheric' weather

Loch Ossian, Corrour station and the Ben Alder hills from Leum Uilleim

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Birch seedling(s) at 870m on the summit of Beinn a' Bhric. Western side of Corrour Estate and a wonderful walk from the station at Corrour.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Stopped off at the Cult Cafe at Ullapool sharpish this morning. Tried leaving the village just as the Loch Seaforth was distorting...doh!

Loch Seaforth ferry at Ullapool on a sunny morning

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Now, I'm definitely not saying Mullach Clach a' Bhlàir is dull, no sir-ee but it's good enough reason never to do a second round of Munros. Down in the glen was lovely today though.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It was a great day out at Cruachan yesterday but boots needed airing on getting home. Example of Famous Last Words ..."mustn't forget the boots are out. It's going to tip it down overnight!" Anyway, now I've poured the water out they should be easily dried out by Thursday or Friday.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Hike in the Cruachan 'range' today. Does Cruachan have a range? Anyroad Stob Daimh on a dry breezy (48.1 mph gust on the top) day and nae midges - bonus!

A view of the Scottish mountain Ben Cruachan from a nearby hill in striking summer weather. Blue sky and big clouds around the summit.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone. You're going to need a bigger prison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Two BIG days earlier this week: Beinn a'Bhuird and Beinn a'An and then Càrn a' Fhidhleir and An Sgarsoch. Good views of interesting raptors and very wide open hills. Developed shin splints for my troubles which might just put the kibosh on finishing my Munros this year 😥

Wide open view on descent from Càrn an Fhidhleir

The 'Sneck' between Beinn a'Bhuird and Beinn a'An

The plateau of Beinn a'An looking towards Beinn a'Bhuird

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This isn't even a section of a coup! It's the gravel at the top of a beach near the Kylerhea ferry. Quite a wild scenic area. We have a shocking disregard for the environment.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Fab day on Ladhar Bheinn today. Great boat trip over from Arnisdale with great craic from Peter. Challenging walking but amazing views. 35 years of admiring the hill from the other side of the Loch are satisfied and with bells on.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

European larch at 740m on Sgòr Mòr in southern 'foothills' of the big Cairngorm hills. Maybe one day it will grow up, although the couple hundred deer we saw might have a say in that.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A beautiful but cold (-8⁰C windchill) trockle up Ben Vrackie today to see the early purple saxifrage, and well rewarded with perfect purple cushions on the rocks.

Ben Vrackie and Loch a' Choire near Pitlochry on a sunny but cold day.

A view down from Ben Vrackie near Pitlochry to the dam and Loch at Loch a' Choire.

Purple saxifrage in flower on the rocks of Ben Vrackie.

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It was, as expected on such a good weather forecast, a busy Sunday around Coire Dhirich. No raptors, or ravens for that matter, but lots of white hares...as usual, and a few golden plover which might be heading away again for the next few days🥶

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Bimbling @bimbling.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Not a lot of snow anywhere. Lochnagar or the main Cairngorms. Lovely moss heath on the top of Braid Cairn. And a bit blowy on Mount Keen. Nearly 56mph!

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Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) @bbs-birds.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

4/ If you can identify upland birds by sight and sound and fancy an adventure, then go to the BBS #UplandRover map square, pick a square and the team will be in touch. app.bto.org/bbs/public/u... @btoscotland.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social #ornithology

QR Code takes you to the Upland Rover registration map, with an image of the map showing where the squares are and a mountain scene in the background. Title: 'Become an upland rover today'

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