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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Very pleased that @gillianamartin.bsky.social, the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action & Rural Affairs came to #Langholm yesterday to meet with the Board & Senior Staff of the @scottishlandcom.bsky.social and the @tarrasvalleynr.bsky.social #LandReform #Communityownership

Meeting between the ScotGov Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary and the Board of the Scottish La d Commission

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The @scottishlandcom.bsky.social meets in Wick next week and will be holding a public meeting there & then elsewhere over the next few weeks

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This autumn, the Scottish Land Commission is heading to towns & cities across Scotland to talk land, place and the future of land reform. We want to hear what matters most to your community and your local area. Find out more about our “Scotland Futures” events & book your spot: lnkd.in/e7j2KgDZ

Map of Scotland with dates for Scottish Land Commission “Scotland Futures” meetings

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Tillietudlem is a real place - in fact I used to live there. It even had a railway station at one time

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Never felt an earthquake before but neighbours & ourselves near Kyles of Bute experienced distinctive low rumble and shaking at around 8.37 this morning. Found this on line which may confirm it?

Seismograph print out from near Glasgow recording small incident

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

2 heath fires above Loch Riddon, Argyll, tonight, this one near a known eagle’s nest . Large one on Bute today too. If this is deliberate muirburn it is the height of folly given the tinder dry ground cover & the clear warnings

Fire burning across a hillside in the dark with the glow reflected in a loch below

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Last cut of the front lawn was on the 8th of November last year. Eighteen weeks later the remote mower is out and at work again though on a very high setting. #almostspring

View of hills and a loch with in the foreground a robot lawnmower cutting a big lawn

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

One of the saddest yet perhaps most poetic consequences of Storm Eowyn - the Ark above Tighnabruaich has been smashed to pieces by the wind . Picture of the ruin below but I posted this when it was first constructed www.blipfoto.com/entry/288961...

Ruined wood on a hillside - the remnants of The Ark environmental art work

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Eowyn is undoubtedly a severe & long lasting storm. Wind has been rising here in Argyll since around 3.00am with a gust of 71 mph recorded within the past hour. Lots of trees down ( like this one behind the house) & some flooding. Power has been off since 8.15 this morning too.

Cluster of tall trees seen n ground , blown down by storm

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A little glimpse of the Milky Way tonight from beside Loch Riddon in Argyll

Starry sky with a slight tinge of red from the Milky Way

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A modest but positive start for the Colintraive & Glendaruel local podcast “Across the loch”…..

Screen grab showing that the local podcast got 521 downloads in 2024

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Two of us (who live here) started this very local podcast just a year ago so thanks to our very local Colintraive & Glendaruel audience - and to a few who listen from further afield.

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Saw this when on a Zoom call in my study this morning and managed to break off long enough to get the picture! The crow is on top of a tree between our house and Loch Riddon

Black crow on tree branch which has tufts of lichen and withered leaves with an out of focus slightly yellow autumn hilltop behind

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Just checked with webcams & on line and A83 Rest & Be Thankful appears to be open and well cleared :

A83 webcams at Rest & Be Thankful show road is open

Screenshot from Traffic Scotland confirming A83 Rest & Be Thankful is clear

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

20th November early for snow here in Cowal but nice to see ( until it goes on for too long…).

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Yesterday evening I arrived back on the ferry from Gourock just after 5.00 and it was already dark - which showed the restored part of the pier off to perfection #Photography #Scotland #ferries

The Victorian pier and pier buildings lit up in the evening with the lights reflected in the water and wooden structure under the pier

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Quote post with a sunset pic you took yourself. #Photography

Dark read sunset over reflecting Loch and silhouette of hills

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Good attendance at launch of #thebiglandquestion Revive event in Perth . I agree with @andy-wightman.bsky.social that a clear analysis of what still needs to be done & a plan to do it is required . Scottish Land Commission wants to envision a #LandReformedScotland as part of that process.

Large audience at a conference on Land Reform in Scotland held in Perth Sunday 10th November

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Looking forward to this on Sunday - lots of good contributors on the programme and it will be chaired by Lesley Riddoch & David Hayman.

Poster for the Revive Land Reform Conference being held in Perth Concert Hall on Sunday 10th November

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Share a photo of a ship you have taken

The last sea going paddle steamer , The Waverley , in the Clyde opposite Gourock this afternoon

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Bit mystified by this - on the lawn , gelatinous substance almost transparent. Have heard of “Star Jelly” - is this it, or some type of fungus?

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

BBC using this again tonight - 1999 campaign . A good memory of those heady days preparing for the Scottish Parliament .

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,876,837!

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

This was about the best of it here in Cowal - taken at 10.14 pm . Helps that there are no significant artificial light sources. This is looking NW .

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.

Beach and sand dunes on the island of North Uist on an overcast cold day with the tide coming in

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

If you see this #quote post a #photo you have made of a #sunset. 📷 The Forth Bridges, Scotland

Orange sunset behind partial cover of dark clouds with the 3 Forth Bridges in Scotland in the foreground. Taken from a plane landing at Edinburgh Airport .

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Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Across the Tay - as seen from one of the viewports at the stunning V&A in Dundee . 📷

The Tay Bridge and the south shore of the firth seen through a narrow slit window in the V&A on Dundee’s waterfront

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