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Daniel Stunell

@danielstunell.bsky.social
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Researcher, Evaluator, Policy Analyst, Critical Thinker | Environment & Social Science | Mountains & Photos In the very unlikely event you wish to use any images beyond a BlueSky share or repost, please ask permission.

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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 23h
A beach in Denmark, many years ago. #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #photography #eck
A red and blue wooden rowing boat rests amid amidst vegetation at the top of a beach. In the foreground are some unusual metal poles with pebbles with holes in threaded onto them.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On consideration, I might share this one for #BirdOfTheDay: #Seabirds (I only see sanderlings by the sea!), and #Airborne. Much brighter than my first thought, though not one to zoom in on too closely. August on the west coast of #Ireland. #birds #wildlife #photography #sea #beach #wave #eck
Three sanderlings fly in front of a breaking wave right on the boundary between sea and shore in bright sunshine.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Midwinter sunset, Ochils, Clackmannanshire, #Scotland, for #stunday. Just a wee cairn on a minor top, but loved the contrast as I made my way off the hill (a bit on the late side...). #sunset #winter #sky #landscape #scape #silhouette #EastCoastKin
A near sky line with a small stone cairn and occasional strands of grass silhouetted against a post sunset sky of orange shading to violet, with occasional grey clouds.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A rather overcast evening, but this gannet flew alongside the boat for a moment. #BirdOfTheDay, both themes: #Seabirds, #Airborne. Midsummer in the #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. #gannets #birds #wildlife #photography #EastCoastKin
A side-on close up of a gannet in flight against a very grey sky. Fairly muted tones as a result.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Puffins! #Shetland Islands. #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #puffins #birds #wildlife #Scotland #photography #eck
Close up of two puffins beaking outside their burrow and amidst the sea thrift.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Alpine sunset, near Cabane de Trient, #Switzerland, some years ago. #scape #mountains #mountaineering #sunset #landscape #photography #eck
Sun touches a jagged mountain skyline in the distance under a cloudless sky. Nearer a jagged rock tower is also silhouetted. Very dark shadows - evocative rather than great photography.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An autumn larch for #ThickTrunkTuesday. A last-year photo as not there yet this autumn. #scotland #trees #larch #autumn #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A lone arch tree in its 'golden' (ie orange/brown) phase.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Western Isles - possibly Berneray* - some years ago. Some of the most amazing beaches anywhere, frequently backed, as here, by the wildflowers of the machair. #scotland #TidesOutTuesday #sea #landscape #scape #photography #eck *my photo filing is poor.
A riot of yellow flowers in the foreground, with sea and some small rounded islets behind. Under a blue / cirrus clouded sky.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cruach Ardrain from Ben More, November 2025, for #MountainMonday. (About 20 minutes apart from yesterday's shot). #Scotland #mountains #mountaineering #winter #sunset #landscape #scape #photography #eck
In the foreground, iced rocks just catch enough sun to outline them. In the distance, across a deeply shadowed glen, a snow-dusted mountain rises. A band of orange sunlight cuts through between the horizon and another dark cloud band. Dark and brooding. Ironically, above that cloud band, and to my rear, still quite a bit of blue sky, though it was closing in fast.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cruach Ardrain seen from Ben More, #Scotland, November 2025, for #stunday. #mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #sunset #snow #photography #eck
A snow dusted mountain rises from a shadowed glen to a small glowing patch of summit cloud lit in pinks under a darker layer of cloud above. Taken from a seriously cold and windy position, with the clock ticking to get down before the dark and cloud got across to me!
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Isle of May, #Scotland. Although, probably also could have been taken in my street on the mainland which also had a lot of nesting seagulls... #BirdOfTheDay, alt theme #Scruffy. #birds #wildlife #seagulls #photography #eck
Close up head shot of a fluffy/scruffy seagull chick, beak open, demanding to be fed.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Brocken spectre. South Uist, Western Isles, #Scotland. #mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #rainbow #photography #eck
A rainbow halo around the shadow of a person on the shadow of a ridge, cast by the photographer and the actual ridge onto the cloud/mist.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Orange. #FungiFriday, #FungiFriends #mushrooms #fungi #nature #photography
Close up of two bright orange mushrooms on the right, offset by heather shoots, grass, and twigs to the left. Taken on a boggy moorland on the Irish west coast.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cold pigeon. #BirdOfTheDay, alt theme, #Pigeons&Doves. Last winter. It was as cold as this pigeon looks. #birds #pigeon #photography #eck
Pigeon on a branch (possibly just waking up!) with hugely puffed up feathers.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Midsummer sky, for #scape. Westside, #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. #sky #landscape #sunset #night #photography #eck
A sky striped gold, grey, red and blue, some time after sunset. The land below is black, though a wee lochan reflects a little of the sky colour. A magical evening at 60' North.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Autumn approaches. #ForestFriday October 2025, #France. Steep-sided valley, not a drone shot. #forest #trees #autumn #landscape #scape #photography #eck
Forest canopy in greens, yellows, and a bit of red and brown. But still quite leafy overall.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A dash of rainbow. Somewhere in the hills between Kinlochleven and Rannoch Moor (I think - mountain photo filing not my real strength), several years ago. Little compact camera did okay! #Scotland #mountains #mountaineering #rainbow #hills #hiking #photography #eck
A very Scottish scene. Sunshine lights a foreground of rocks and grass, with a hummocky hill catching some light and shadow before a glen with a wee lochan. Further off, cloud shadows the hill but there is a small rainbow under there too. While above there's also some patches of blue sky. Late afternoon light after a long tour of Corbetts and Grahams in the area.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sunset silhouette. #BirdOfTheDay #Silhouette. West coast, #Ireland, shortly after sunset. #bird #wildlife #photography #eck
A heron - sadly not also showing the legs, but you can't have everything - shows in profile above black silhouetted rocks against water reflecting a muted grey-pink sky.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Rock beats sea - for now. Sea and stone do battle for #TidesOutTuesday and #RockinTuesday. West coast, #Ireland. #sea #ocean #landscape #scape #photography #eck
Large near-black rock outcrops stand out from the sea as waves break over and around them. A slightly longer exposure blurs the waves and isolates some streams of water draining off the rocks. Blue grey sea, turquoise where disturbed, and white where breaking.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wood beats stone. Pushing aside the boulders for #ThickTrunkTuesday and #RockinTuesday. #Ireland #trees #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A large tree grows out of a boulder pile, a sagging bough leaning towards the camera.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Late afternoon light at Pré de Madame Carpe, Parc National des Écrins, #France, September 2025. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A rugged rock-creased mountainside catches low light casting sharp shadows across the face. Grey mountain with a hint of green, blue sky with some wispy white clouds.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Planet gannet for #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #MyBestSide. Gannets always look pretty angry to me (and bicker with all neighbours within beak distance) so possibly #AngryBirds too. #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. #birds #gannet #wildlife #photography #eck
Close up headshot of a gannet with a bit of cliff and nesting materials in the background (sadly including a bit of plastic pollution - another reason for this gannet to be angry).
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Amazing photo skills? No. Angry bird? Yes. Not at all happy I was making sandwiches inside the car and not sharing. Not happy at all. #BirdOfTheDay #AngryBirds #birds #seagull #photography #eck
Close up of a seagull staring directly at camera (fortunately through a car windscreen - you would not want to be in this position, with food, without glass in place).
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
After the rain. Southwest #Ireland. #stunday #landscape #scape #sea #sunset #photography #eck
Evening light in greys and a touch of pink orange. Looking out across a bay on the north side of the Beara Peninsula with nearby islets in dark silhouette and hills on the horizon with a landskein effect. Brighter light above that but then darker grey clouds above. It had been very very wet during the day.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tern (common or arctic) for #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInAbstract #Shetland Islands, #Scotland #birds #terns #wildlife #photography #eck
A tern in flight silhouetted against a bright sky, with some light catching/shining through the extreme wing feathers.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sea thrift. This photo didn't turn out how I expected, but I like it. #flowers #wildflowers #sea #Scotland #photography #ECK
Faded pink sea thrift barely in focus against a washed background.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Female Wheatear? Anyway, definitively suitable for #BirdOfTheDay #mouthful #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. #birds #wildlife #photography #ECK
Close up of a small bird, mouth stuffed with insect, on a lichen covered rock.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#ForestFriday #Scotland #forest #trees #landscape #scape #photography #ECK
Looking into tangled deciduous forest in very early morning light.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Another old and resilient, rather than particularly large, upland survivor tree for #ThickTrunkTuesday. Galty Mountains, #Ireland. #trees #mountains #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A windblown tree reaches out to it's right from a twisted trunk in otherwise overgrazed grassland. It's a survivor - out of shot, but downhill are plantation conifers, on the slopes are grazing sheep, and in altitude it's one of the last tree survivors, so catching all the weather.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Encroaching dusk and encroaching weather system. Low tide at Keem, Achill Island, #Ireland, for #TidesOutTuesday. #beach #sea #reflection #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A dark silhouette of hill and sea cliffs is reflected in the expanse of wet sand on the beach under a dull overcast sky. Overall a grey and sombre image.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Croaghaun / Cruachán on Achill Island, #Ireland. Not high by #MountainMonday standards, but a 688m drop into the Atlantic gives excellent mountainicity, especially with a strong westerly blowing in from the sea! #mountains #mountaineering #ocean #coast #landscape #scape #photography #ECK
A pointed mountain seen end on, the left flank sharp rocky crags dropping towards a rugged sea coast, the right flank showing smoother grassy slopes (though also steep!).
Cloudy sky, though temporarily the cloud based is just above the summit.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A section of Tryfan North Ridge, Snowdonia / Eryri, #Wales / #Cymru, many years ago for #MountainMonday. A challenging scramble of a route, strictly for the prepared. Easier options are available to the summit. #mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A rocky blocky ridge catches late afternoon light and casts sharp shadows on itself against a hazy backdrop of browns and greys. Taken from higher up the ridge - possibly near the summit after all difficulty is complete, but a while since I've been there.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Looking south on Mainland, #Shetland Islands, #Scotland for #scape. #sea #sky #landscape #photography #eck
Small islands recede into the distance on a grey silver sea under a grey sky.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Planet Gannet again for #BirdOfTheDay, #RainyDayBirds. And it was very rainy with poor light. The gannets don't look thrilled about it, but then they never do. Still amazing to be so close. Under the cliffs on Noss, #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. #gannet #birds #wildlife #sea #photography #eck
A close up of juvenile gannets against a grey sea background. In practice they were on a flat rock at the foot of cliffs housing the wider colony, though this cannot be seen.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Planet Gannet. Unst, #Shetland Islands, midsummer. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdNameG Struggled to get a shot to really capture the immensity and intensity of the colony: they absolutely dominate the cliffs both at Hermaness (pictured) and Noss. #gannet #birds #wildlife #ocean #photography #eck
A gannet, wings spread, but more vertical than horizontal, catches the sun while soaring against a background of sea and rocks below.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A forest at dusk for #WaterfallWednesday. Central France, Autumn 2025. #waterfall #water #forest #landscape #scape #photography #eck
Long exposure of a river coming down a small rapid into a gloomy pool, a slighter brighter forest canopy above.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A much photographed tree above Loch Maree, north west Highlands, #Scotland. Pretty sure I've shared a picture of the same tree from a different trip before - it's irresistibly placed for a picture. #ThickTrunkTuesday #mountains #mountaineering #trees #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A Scots pine dominates the foreground, while a snow capped peak can be seen behind.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pink quartz catches some evening light on Harris, Western Isles, #Scotland. #RockinTuesday #geology #light #photography #eck
Close up of a large chunk of pink quartz glowing slightly as it is backlit by golden hour light.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Post sunset, North Uist, Western Isles, #Scotland. #TidesOutTuesday #sky #sunset #sea #landscape #scape #photography #eck
A big sky of pink, grey and fading blue reflects in the curve of a bay. Land and beach are hidden in shadow.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Descending the south east ridge of Castor on the Swiss/Italian border in early September 2018. #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #mountains #mountaineering #alps #landscape #scape #photography #ECK
Looking along a narrow wall snow crest running away from the camera, with a landskein of further mountains in the haze in the distance. Framing leaves something be desired but taking photos on the fly up there is required as there's not a huge amount of time for hanging about even in perfect conditions.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farewell to Shetland. South Mainland, #Shetland Islands, #Scotland, from the ferry. Midsummer. #Landscape, #Seascape, and #Skyscape for #scape. #sea #sky #photography #ECK
Headlines are silhouetted between sea and sky, with sea haze catching the evening sun to accentuate the layers. Blues and greys of sea, land, sky, and clouds band the picture horizontally in very similar tones.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Young forest in spring. Glen Coe, #Scotland, for #ForestFriday. #trees #forest #landscape #scape #photography #ECK
A stand of trees catches evening light against a hillside in shadow. Spring colours look pretty much like autumn colours in this shot.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Somewhere in the Black Cuillin, #Skye, #Scotland, for #WaterfallWednesday. #mountains #mountaineering #waterfall #landscape #scape #photography #ECK
An edge and a mountaineer (it's me!) cast a shadow across a gully with a thin waterfall dropping down the opposite face.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Spring flashback for #ThickTrunkTuesday. Stirling, #Scotland. #trees #blossom #photography #ECK
An old cherry tree with pink blossom next to a riverside path. Further cherry trees flank the straight path through the park. A peri-urban scene - but nature can find a way.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Red and green seaweeds for #TidesOutTuesday #Scotland #coast #photography #ECK
Close up of red seaweed on a beach.Close up of green seaweed on a beach.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sleepy puffin. #BirdOfTheDay #PeekABoo #Shetland Islands, #Scotland #puffin #birds #wildlife #photography #ECK
A puffin rests on the ground, head tucked over the shoulder against the wind, with one eye looking out.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sunshine and shade for #MountainMonday. Stob Ghabhar, Highlands, #Scotland in January 2026. Very different worlds on the two faces of this ridge, but cold on both and frozen iron-hard all the way into the glen. #BlueSkyMonday #mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #winter #photography #ECK
A mountain ridge stretches away from the camera, coated in frost and ice on the shadowy left side and brown vegetation on the sunny right side. Actually disappointingly little snow for this location at that time of year.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Inspector puffin investigates. #BirdOfTheDay #BestFootForward Puffins arguably qualify for a #ASplashOfColour too... #Shetland Islands, #Scotland #puffin #birds #wildlife #photography #EastCoastKin
A puffin walks towards the camera, head forwards, looking somewhat officious.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Autumn in the Cantal, #France, 2025. #ForestFriday #Scape #mountains #forest #trees #sunset #nature #photography #ECK
Evening sunlight illuminates autumn trees on a hillside in the mid distance. Across the valley, a mountainside in shadow catches a last dash of sun at its peak. Under a blue sky.
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Daniel Stunell @danielstunell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lunchtime! Shetland wren. #BirdOfTheDay #LittleBrownBirds #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. #birds #wildlife #lichen #photography #EastCoastKin
Close up of a wren with an insect in its mouth perched on top of a lichen covered rock.
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