TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026It was one of those walks that had a bit of everything! This walk finished with a bit of history. We passed an old fireplace with enough of the ruin left to image it being used and wonder who lived there. More info in the alt text about Rob Roys grave. 0342 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026It was a cold hike around zero degrees but with some impressive icicles on the hill along with some very weird ice blobcicles 😀 3492 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Pics from yesterdays walk to see Rob Roy's putting stone. I didnt notice the face on the stone until later! The stone is massive (house sized) which unfortunately is hard to tell without any people beside it for scale! #scotland #trossachs #RobRoy 1643 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 13/02/2026#FridayBee a fluffy bumblebee foraging on a purple flower #BeeFriday #pollinators 🐝🌺 0938 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026#thicktrunktuesday #calderwood #westlothian #ancientwoodland 🌳 1696 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026#insectthursday a small copper butterfly seen last September in Edinburgh - only 5 months ago but feels like a year! #citynature #cemetery 0562 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026#BeeFriday a white-tailed bumblebee from August last year - feeding on something that I don't know the name of but bees seem to like! 🐝💮🌺🌸 #FridayBee #summertime #nature 1944 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026#insectthursday a red admiral butterfly feeding in late summer last year 🦋🔆🪷 210711 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 22/01/2026#insectthursday where we flip back through our photos to summer sunny days 🌞😀🦋🏵🌸🌼 3979 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20/01/2026A big city garden beech tree for #thicktrunktuesday 🌳 0794 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/01/2026A year in the life of a distinctive little oak tree that I regularly pass. #4seasons 5936 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Good morning from Edinburgh today where there was a shepherd's warning about something! #StGilesCathedral #Scotland 1997 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026#insectthursday a very small solitary bee on a daisy 🐝 1859 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026#thicktrunktuesday I was impressed by this big tree 🌳 sitting beside Loch Katrine in the Trossachs. 0783 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Some calm winter days make for perfect walks. One of my favourite woodlands #easterbreichwood #midwinter #westlothian 0613 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Without winter we would not be so appreciative of the summer! #woodsinwinter #Calderwood #ancientbirch 1806 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Once upon a time it was summer!🐝#BeeFriday a red-tailed male bumblebee from July which seems so long ago!🐝Happy Friday! #moustache #Fridaybee #bumblebees #summertime 0856 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Posting a pic of c.4000 yrs old Clava cairns for midwinter solstice today. The sunrise would be aligned to the opening of the cairns today #bronzeage #cairn #history #Scotland 0571 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 19/12/2025#beeFriday It's not often I feel like offering advice to a bumblebee but it did look like it was time to return to the nest 😄 #Fridaybee 08210 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/12/2025#insectthursday three species sharing the last of the flowers in the kirkyard in September 🦋🐝🦟 2857 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Ah Edinburgh! How I adore thee and your beautiful trees 😊... but it is still November! This 2 months long Christmas thing is simply too much 😟 0632 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025An ichneumonini, parasitic wasp. Just 👀 at his antennae! I had to flick back to September for the photo. #insectthursday #thestrangeworldofinsects 0602 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025They were a little freaked out with me running by at the loch lol the views from the top of a hill were worth it though! 1120 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025When I absolutely should be doing something else and get drawn back in to Bluesky again 😄 Here is a photo from beautiful Morar in Scotland from last week. 1897 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025#thicktrunkTuesday a big old sycamore tree standing alone amongst the pines. Its ready for winter! 0615 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 13/11/2025A ray of sunshine for An Sgurr on Eigg this afternoon. #Scotland 0493 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 10/10/2025#BeeFriday Would you like to see an Icelandic bumblebee? Sure you do! Here's a pic of the only one I saw in September last year. I was beginning to question what was doing the pollinating until I saw it! What tough little creatures they are 😊🐝 #Fridaybee #invertebrate 115214 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 07/10/2025#thicktrunktuesday this tree guards the entrance to a bridge over the railway at Culloden Wood. 010710 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I'd love to know what's going on here! What's making these patterns? Anyone know? #bugsky #wychelm #invertebrate 2583 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2025My sunflower finally got there! It was the only one to have grown from the several that I planted. The photo on the left is from Wednesday, and on the right photo taken on Friday. #SundayYellow #sunflower 214014 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 26/09/2025On the buddleia in the kirkyard not so very long ago, a fresh little common carder bumblebee caught my eye 🐝 #Citywildlife #Fridaybee #bumblebees 21069 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 25/09/2025#insectthursday wasps - so nice when they mind their own business! 311210 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025thanks 😊, they've had such a good year this year compared to last year. I did see what I think is a stock dove in the kirkyard last week. Perhaps you'll know if it is... 260 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025I was catching the butterflies while they're still around! 1100 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I took this today in my garden - there's going to be no pollinators left by the time it opens! I thought mine was the only one still left to open 😂 1140 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 17/09/2025The buddleia is still feeding the butterflies in the kirkyard 🦋😊 #citywildlife #kirkyard #Edinburgh #redadmiral #summersend 2835 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 12/09/2025#BeeFriday 🐝 The bees knees 😄 We've got to Friday again! A common carder bumblebee a little faded now and with ragged wings #FridayBee 211810 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Strike a pose! #insectthursday My garden gets a bit wild as I can't bring myself to cut back the encroaching brambles when they're in flower (lots of bee visitors). Then of course the fruits come after and I get the treat of watching the red admiral butterflies feed 😃 11108 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Today a ride-on mower took out the flowers in the Kirkyard 😔. Most of my recent photos were from there. I took these photos just seconds before it got mowed. Just look at these beautiful creatures that were using this space. The ragwort got shredded. No longer a little green space full of life 😩 51108 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The muted colours of a painted lady butterfly in a b/w photo. Feeding on budleia before it's long migration. Another capture from the kirkyard in Edinburgh 🦋 #endofsummer #wildlifeinthecity 0764 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 07/09/2025#SundayYellow a small copper butterfly on ragwort. This week in the Kirkyard in Edinburgh. What a year for butterflies this year has been! #wildlifeinthecity 2738 0
TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025#BeeFriday 🐝 Feeling the end of summer approaching but there's still bees about! A little common carder bumblebee feeding on budleia #Fridaybee 31027 0