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Steven Neish

@findinganeish.bsky.social
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A Neish in search of a niche. Scottish volunteer and psychology graduate into travel, wildlife and photography. At home in Dundee and the northeast. Pictures and opinions my own.

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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
In December 2017, I spent an incredibly wet weekend in Gdańsk, Sopot and Malbork - so wet that my memory card corrupted and I lost half of my photographs. Nearly eight years later, I've managed to restore some of them.
The largest port crane in medieval Europe and Gdańsk most famous tourist attraction, towering over the Motława river.Brama Mariacka is another gate on Gdańsky’s riverside, leading to St Mary’s Basilica.Grand Spa on Sopot’s Skwer Kuracjyny, or Healing Square. The fountain at its centre is turned off during winter months.The entrance to Malbork Castle looking even redder than usual during golden hour.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Since I last posted, I’ve had a week in Sutherland, a week in Switzerland and a couple of outings to Pitlochry and Loch Brandy.
Dunrobin Castle under a blue sky and at the end of a garden path.The Swiss city of Chur, foregrounding vineyards and Bogentrakt, a prison-turned-hostel.A pumpkin patch by the river in Pitlochry, at Port-Na-Craig Inn & Restaurant.Loch Brandy shining blue at Glen Clova.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Sorry, guys - Bluesky keeps logging me out and then I just…forget to sign back in.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Americans on the train trying to pronounce the stations between Dundee and Aberdeen: Browtee Ferry, Carnowstee, Aragroth(?!)…
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Washed a new woollen jumper yesterday and it categorically refuses to dry.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
So far in September, Doors Open Weekend 1: Paisley Abbey, John Neilson Institute, Oakshaw Trinity Church and the Russell Institute.
Interior of Paisley Abbey, showing stain glass windows above main entrance.Looking up at the centre of an old school atrium and the statue at its centre, now an entrance hall serving private accommodation.A view from the balcony at Oakshaw Trinity Church overlooking the pulpit and organ.Two busts astride the marble staircase at the Russell Institute, an art deco medical centre repurposed as an employability hub.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Back into the hills today for a traipse around Glen Esk.
A view down the Ladder Burn to Glen Esk from the foothills of Mount Keen, Scotland’s most easterly Munro.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
If the moo fits.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A view over Braemar from Morrone, the nearest mountain.
Braemar laid out beneath Morrone, with the Highland Games, Fife Arms Hotel and Braemar Castle visible below.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Kind of love this picture of Union Street on Saturday night.
The number 13 bus to Queen's Cross departs Adelphi at dusk, driving into shot and away from Aberdeen Town House and Castlegate.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Been a fairly quiet month so far, but August picked up last week with outings to Balmaha, Inchcailloch, Stonehaven and Aberdeen.
A boat from Balmaha called Margaret prepares to depart the pier at Inchcailloch, an island on Loch Lomond.A view of Loch Lomond from the highest point on Inchcailloch, with a cruise ship ferrying passengers between Luss and various islands.The ruined Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan near Cowie sits between Stonehaven Golf Club and the sea.King's College at Aberdeen University between tour groups shuttled from a Viking cruise ship docked in the city's new South Harbour.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I have my issues with their reporting on Isreal and Gaza, but The Atlantic’s Photos of the Week continue to be an unparalleled delight. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Photos of the Week: Monorail Rescue, Human Pyramid, Mountain Ritual
A collection of images from the past seven days, showing continued wildfires in Spain, a sail-in parade in Amsterdam, weigh-ins at the London Zoo, harness racing in Germany, an independence celebratio...
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Which building would you move across town if you could? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna
The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
If only the news cycle was full of stories like this.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Been working my way through Inside No. 9 (better late than never) and I’m not sure I could choose a favourite episode, but it’s between La Couchette, Zanzibar and Misdirection.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Held this back a month to let them mature, but here are two adorable fox cubs beside the River Dee in Aberdeen. #FoxOfTheDay
A pair of fox cubs, one sitting and the other standing, in overgrowth beside the River Dee in Aberdeen.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Made a new friend. I chanced upon a #buzzard nest this week and have enjoyed watching the juveniles build their flight muscles.
Staring head-on, a furious-looking buzzard glares down from a tree branch.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
One of my favourite photographs taken this year didn’t require any travel at all. I’ve seen foxes along the Dighty Burn before, but this is the first to pause before disappearing into the overgrowth. #FoxOfTheDay
First light catches a Dundonian urban fox as it stops to glance back after being disturbed.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I’ve been neglecting this place lately. Here’s a few photos from recent travels around #Scotland, taken on a madcap long weekend spent touring Stirling, Dunblane, Kingshouse, Fort William, Inverness, Elgin, Lossiemouth and Aberdeen.
An evening stroll past Buachaille Etive Mòr on the West Highland Way.Looking back along the River Lochy towards Fort William from the Great Glen Way.A late arrival in Inverness and last light on the cathedral.An overview of the River Lossie and East Beach at Lossiemouth.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Can’t remember the last time I was this sunburnt.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Back to normal yesterday, spotting wildlife in Aberdeen. I really enjoyed my time on the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands but it can’t compete with the Dee where biodiversity is concerned.
A grey seal looks up from the shadows beneath Victoria Bridge.A bottlenose dolphin breaches next to North Pier as it enters Aberdeen Harbour.A fox cub emerges from the bushes into a quiet car park.An adult fox follows its young out of their den and only the streets of Aberdeen.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
“Internet users” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed
Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among others
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Saturday: I started last week’s Eurotrip at Brussels-Charleroi, almost a year to the day since I’d last flown out of it. I only had an hour in the city centre before my night bus from Midi but it was nice to be back, even over midnight.
One of two murals commemorating Hergé at Brussels-Midi, this one replicating a scene from The Seven Crystal Balls in which Tintin and Snowy visit Moulinsart railway station.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Split last week between Brussels, Amsterdam, the Hague, Utrecht, Arnhem, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf and Weeze. A million more photographs incoming.
Grote Church in The Hague, photographed from the tram tracks of Torenstraat.Eusebiuskerk in Arnhem and the municipal offices beside it.A suspended train leaving Ohligsmühle station on Wuppertal’s Schwebebahn.Düsseldorf’s Rheinturm reflected in the waters of the quay.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Bought a ticket to Düsseldorf, boarded a train headed for Düsseldorf, had my ticket inspected en route to Düsseldorf, and now we’ve just terminated in Duisburg as if that was the plan all along.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The Netherlands is effectively cashless now and I’m as impressed as I am inconvenienced. I never use cash at home but have always felt buying foreign currency to be part of the travel experience.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Managed to get bitten by a tick in The Hague today. Don’t remember stepping on grass once.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A1. Big fan of brie, mozzarella and feta, as well as that Castello pineapple stuff A2. I’ve been to Gruyères in Switzerland to try fondue - the whole town smelled amazing A3. I do love a croque monsieur, an Emmental pretzel and a proper German käsekuchen #NationalCheeseDay #FoodTravelChat
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
OK, so I’m likely to have two hours in Brussels over midnight on a Saturday. I’m more than happy just wandering, but in the event of heavy rain can anyone think of anywhere I can shelter until my connection at 01:30?
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Looking forward to spending a bit more time in the Netherlands next week. I used to live near the Dutch-German border as a kid, but as an adult I’ve only had the odd day in Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Maastricht and Roermond.
The approach to NEMO Science Museum, with people sitting along its sloped, tiered roof.Eindhoven Centraal train station under a grey sky, with a sea of stored bikes in the foreground.Maastricht’s Basilica of Our Lady on Onze Lieve Vrouweplein.Sint-Christoffelkathedraal and the colourful buildings of Grote Kerkstraat, Roermond.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Decided that next week’s travel itinerary of Arnhem, Düsseldorf and Wuppertal over a long weekend wasn’t complicated enough, so I’ve extended to a week and included Amsterdam and Utrecht. Oh, and I’m actually flying into Brussels-Charleroi.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Not sure what happened to the thunderstorm that was forecast.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Sunshine on granite.
Aberdeen City War Memorial, comprising a granite lion positioned at the centre of a curved colonnade.A statue of Robert Burns on Union Terrace, in front of SugarBird wine garden.Colourful bunting strung between the buildings of Union Street, advertising the 2025 Tall Ships festival, with the clocktower of Aberdeen Town House and the castellated tower of the Salvation Army Citadel in the background.A statue of Ceres atop Wetherspoons' Archibald Simpson pub, to the right of Aberdeen Tolbooth Museum.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Yesterday.
A dipper lands on a handrail along Dundee's Dighty Burn.A seal swims underwater beneath Victoria Bridge in Aberdeen.Inside the Monsters of the Deep exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery.Below decks aboard Norway's S/S Hestmanden.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Tripped over my brother while rushing to colour in some Power Rangers drawings, ruined a coffee table and needed stitches in my face.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Some mornings are just special. Incredible encounters with dippers, deer and kingfishers this morning, all before 7am, and now a seal.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Rewatching Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the first time in a decade and it’s still a misunderstood masterpiece.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Unexpectedly challenging conditions on Thursday, with the sun glaring, the water choppy and the dolphins non-committal, but I quite like this set of one above and below the waves at the harbour entrance.
A dolphin's shadow beneath the waves at Greyhope Bay.A dolphin leaps out of rough water at Greyhope Bay.A dolphin's shadow beneath the waves at Greyhope Bay.A dolphin's tail sticks out of rough water at Greyhope Bay.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I have an irritating habit of randomly buying birthday cards I find funny and then never being able to find them again when I need to actually give a birthday card.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A win for progress, autonomy and compassion.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
A few from this week's encounters with the Finlathen Park deer, still mid-moult. It's getting harder to spot them in the warm weather and spring overgrowth.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Lovely day in Fraserburgh yesterday, but it’s a strange place. Impressive buildings, big yachts in the harbour, more banks than your average high street, and yet there’s barely any shops or cafes.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A1. I bought a bottle of Aquarius Hidratación Diaria from a Spanish supermarket and it was the most refreshing thing ever. A2. I don’t think I’ve had a barbecue abroad since I was a kid living in Australia. A3. I’m not sure you can beat pistachio, yoghurt or coffee gelato. #FoodTravelChat
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Great day yesterday, though a later start than usual after a couple of long journeys and late nights. There’s just no beating Aberdeen in the sun.
Multicoloured Aberdeen Inspired umbrellas hanging above Shiprow.A glimpse of Aberdeen Town House between the buildings of Marischal Square.A bottlenose dolphin dives after surfacing to breathe, its dorsal fin angled down.A view of Footdee and Aberdeen Harbour through the yellow gorse lining Greyhope Road.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Been feeling a little cooped up and out of sorts lately, so took a long weekend, walked from Tillicoultry to Stirling, took the bus up to Kingshouse and watched the dolphins in Aberdeen.
Yellow gorse under a blue sky on the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.Andy Scott's Fox Boy statue in the village of Menstrie.A young stag climbs out of the River Etive beside Kingshouse, Glencoe.Aberdeen Town House viewed from Provost Skene's House in Marischal Square.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This image has been whole summers in the making.
A City Quay swallow turns in midair.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Great to have the swallows back at City Quay and to have the weather to properly appreciate them.
A swallow looks up from a concrete ledge.A swallow looks up from a concrete ledge.A swallow perched on a sign.A swallow perched on a handrail.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Dolphins aside it was a bit of a disappointing day; dull throughout despite sunny spells being forecast. This is about as bright as it got, just before sunset.
The evening sun catches the clocktower of Aberdeen Town House while the rest of Union Street lies in shadow.
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
A spot of #dolphin watching in Aberdeen this afternoon.
Two crewmembers watch a dolphin breaching from the bow of the VOS Seeker as it arrives into Aberdeen Harbour.
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Lainy @lainy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Well, I wasn't expecting to see these Orcas when at Troup Head, Aberdeenshire photographing Gannets today! What an amazing experience watching at least four of them (including a calf). #orca #killerwhale #whale #cetacean
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