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Hiker, nature lover, sunny days. Photos my own unless reposts. I don't do AI. No DMs plz. Groups: sccan.scot/easterbreichwood/ avnatureaction.wordpress.com

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It 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.
An old fireplace ruin covered in mossy plant growth with the shape of the hearth at the back. There were no walls left!Rob Roy and his families gravestones. There are 3 main stones flat on the ground and an upright tombstone enscribed MacGregor despite them. There is an iron railing installed around the stones which visitors have tied ribbons to. They have also left coins and other small tokens on top of the grave (including a small bottle containing 55% whisky).Ruins of the original Kirk with a bench in the foreground and a tomb. Tall trees (yew?) stand behind the remaining wall and in the background on the right stands the current Kirk of Balquhidder.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It was a cold hike around zero degrees but with some impressive icicles on the hill along with some very weird ice blobcicles 😀
Long icicles drape down from the hillside. There is grassy areas and some snow in the foreground.Strange blobular ice formations in a grape like structure. There are some ice 'fingers' at the bottom of the formation.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Pics 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
A winter scene of snow and hills with a giant rock on the right. It has a snow covered side but with what looks like a funny face! Mountains in snow, with a distance peak topped with fluffy clouds.A colour photo of a black and white scene! Photo of a lochan with a coating of ice and reflection of sunlight on the surface.The other side of the huge stone which appears to have fallen from the crag on the right of the photo. The stone has several pine trees growing on the top, presumably safe from the deer!
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#FridayBee a fluffy bumblebee foraging on a purple flower #BeeFriday #pollinators 🐝🌺
A close up photo of a black and yellow bumblebee which is drinking from a purple flower. Its large eyes are looking towards the camera and pollen grains are visible on its head. The antennae are pointing forward above the flower and the wings are stretched out behind its thorax.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
#thicktrunktuesday #calderwood #westlothian #ancientwoodland 🌳
A snowy woodland scene where the sun going down bathes a big tree in warm light.
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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
A close up photo of an orange and brown butterfly sitting on top of yellow ragwort flowers. It is side on to the camera and facing right. Its large eye is framed with white. It has white legs and striped antennae.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
#thicktrunktuesday in the Meadows 🌳
A large tree in winter. It leans to the right and sits in a park with grass and a blue sky behind.
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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
A close-up photo of a bumblebee facing the camera. It has a fluffy lions mane and yellow hair on its face. One of its wings is captured facing straight up in the photo while an antennae sticks out on the right hand side. It is feeding on pale pink tiny flowers.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#insectthursday a red admiral butterfly feeding in late summer last year 🦋🔆🪷
A photo taken on a sunny day. A red admiral butterfly in profile view is feeding on lilac petalled flowers. The proboscis and antennae are visible.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
#insectthursday where we flip back through our photos to summer sunny days 🌞😀🦋🏵🌸🌼
An orange comma butterfly feeding on purple budleia The underwing of the comma butterfly showing the white 'comma' marking that give it it's name
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A big city garden beech tree for #thicktrunktuesday 🌳
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A year in the life of a distinctive little oak tree that I regularly pass. #4seasons
A photo collage of a tree in different seasons starting with winter in the snow, spring, then lush with leaves in the summer and the changing leaves in autumn. The main trunk is on the left and the branches stretch towards the right across the photo.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Good morning from Edinburgh today where there was a shepherd's warning about something! #StGilesCathedral #Scotland
A photo of a cathedral with a red sky behind
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#insectthursday a very small solitary bee on a daisy 🐝
A photo of a solitary bee sitting on the yellow of a daisy.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#thicktrunktuesday I was impressed by this big tree 🌳 sitting beside Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.
A large tree sits on a slope. There is a loch on the left of the pic with mountain behind, a track curves round on the right of the pic. The ground is still orange in places from the autumn.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Some calm winter days make for perfect walks. One of my favourite woodlands #easterbreichwood #midwinter #westlothian
Winter blue sky scene of a pond frozen with a layers of snow on top. The pond is surrounded with trees.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Without winter we would not be so appreciative of the summer! #woodsinwinter #Calderwood #ancientbirch
A winter scene from an ancient birch wood. The snow covers branches and lies on the ground. The sun is shining warm but low behind the trees, the light catching ice crystals.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Once 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
A photo of a fluffy red-tailed male bumblebee. The bee is facing the camera with his yellow moustache very prominent. The bee is sitting on top of yellow ragwort buds that have not yet opened. He has a yellow collar and legs that are fringed with red hairs!
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Posting 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
A wide stone covered chamber with larger stones forming the outer edge. The opening of the cairn faces the camera. It is surrounded by mature trees and grass. Pic taken on a sunny day in September.
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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
A bumblebee foraging on purple budleia carrying large amounts of pollen on its pollen baskets on its hind legsA foraging bumblebee on purple budleia background. Pic taken from above showing large amounts of pollen on the pollen baskets.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
#insectthursday three species sharing the last of the flowers in the kirkyard in September 🦋🐝🦟
A purple budleia bloom with the stone wall of a church behind. There is a red admiral butterfly on the left with wings open, a common carder bumblebee in the middle and a hoverfly on the top facing left. It's a bright sunny day with blue sky in the background.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Ah Edinburgh! How I adore thee and your beautiful trees 😊... but it is still November! This 2 months long Christmas thing is simply too much 😟
A photo taken yesterday of a fir tree in christmas lights with a golden sky from the setting sun behind. Street lights in front. The tree stands at the top of the mound in Edinburgh.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
An ichneumonini, parasitic wasp. Just 👀 at his antennae! I had to flick back to September for the photo. #insectthursday #thestrangeworldofinsects
A long orange and black insect with very long antennae clings to the dried stalk of a plant.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
They 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!
An autumn scene with looking along a single track road with a sheep in the middle and nearby. A highland scene taken in autumn at Loch Morar with a blue sky and white clouds.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
When 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.
Looking down on a bay that leads to the island of Rum. A white hotel sits on the right. The sun is starting to set giving a warm glow.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#thicktrunkTuesday a big old sycamore tree standing alone amongst the pines. Its ready for winter!
A large sycamore tree stands by itself near a muddy trail in a woodland mainly composed of pines. It is leafless and ready to hunker down for winter.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A ray of sunshine for An Sgurr on Eigg this afternoon. #Scotland
The sun breaks through thick clouds to send a ray of sunshine onto An Sgurr on the island of Eigg. The sea in the foreground is lit with another ray of sunlight.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Halloween🕷🎃
A spider clings upside down from the stalk of a plant with its web in the background
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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
One of the white-tailed bumblebees. The bee sits on a dandelion, side on to the camera facing right, wings folded over its back. It has a yellow collar, a white/grey band at the back of the thorax, a yellow band on its abdomen and a white tail.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#thicktrunktuesday this tree guards the entrance to a bridge over the railway at Culloden Wood.
A large tree with a forked trunk stands at the entrance to a footbridge which is only visible to the viewer as 2 curved walls. To cross the bridge the tree must be stepped around. There is a large boulder at it's base. The tree is mostly in shade while the background is in full sunshine.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I'd love to know what's going on here! What's making these patterns? Anyone know? #bugsky #wychelm #invertebrate
A green leaf of a wych elm tree has been nibbled in a pattern with a hole in-between each vein of the leaf. More nibbling of leaves inbetween the veins. It appears whatever is responsible will eventually be able to remove part of the leaf.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
My 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
A close up photo of a sunflower that has not yet opened. The petals are folded in overlapping each other. Photo of the opened sunflower with longer yellow petals on one side and shorter petals on the other.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
On the buddleia in the kirkyard not so very long ago, a fresh little common carder bumblebee caught my eye 🐝 #Citywildlife #Fridaybee #bumblebees
A little ginger yellow common carder bumblebee forages on top of pink/purlple coloured buddleia flowers. The bee is shown side on to the camera with wings stretched out behind and antenna bent in front. the background is out of focus greenery
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#insectthursday wasps - so nice when they mind their own business!
A wasp flies towards some ragwort yellow flowers. It is captured in flight, side on to the camera with antennae and legs visible and with wings in a blur of motion.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
thanks 😊, 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...
A grey bird sitting on the grass. It has a brownish patch on the front.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I was catching the butterflies while they're still around!
A red admiral butterfly feeding on a pink petalled flower. The photo is bright taken in full sunshine. There are several blooms in the photo. The butterfly has its head upright and the proboscis is extended into the flower.A small tortoiseshell butterfly sits with its wings open on a deep pink bloom. It faces towards the left of the photo and there are several blooms out of focus in the background.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#thicktrunkTuesday #recycling #kirkyard #Edinburgh
Two large trees grow out of an open topped stone tomb in a kirkyard. The entrance to the tomb is open revealing the trunk inside. The upper branches are in leaf and are catching the afternoon sunshine. Blue sky is visible between the leaves.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A painted lady butterfly for #insectThursday
An orange and black patterned painted lady butterfly sits on top of purple buddleia blooms. Its proboscis is visible curled underneath ready to feed. The photo was taken on a bright day with some blue sky above. There are green leaves of the plant surrounding the butterfly and blooms.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I 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 😂
Looking at the head of a sunflower plant. The flower has not yet appeared and is still covered with green sepals. Out of focus in the background is a trellis with roses
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The buddleia is still feeding the butterflies in the kirkyard 🦋😊 #citywildlife #kirkyard #Edinburgh #redadmiral #summersend
In the foreground a red admiral butterfly feeds on purple buddleia in the kirkyard. Sightly out of focus in the background is the round stone wall of the church and a stone building. There is some grass and a blue sky with clouds. The photo was taken on a sunshiny day.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
#thicktrunktuesday a big beech tree 🌳
A large beech tree in full leaf with many branches. The trunk is in shadow and the tree sits in a clearing.
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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
A small brown bumblebee sits on top of a little group of pink flowers. It's back leg is bent so you can see it's knee. The wings are held out behind and the ends are a little ragged.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Strike 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 😃
A red admiral is feeding from a ripe bramble. The proboscis is visible being plunged into the fruit. The wings are closed showing the underwing pattern as it sits head pointed to the sky with antennae up.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Today 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 😩
Small copper butterfly with wings closed sitting on a ragwort flower. Fresh white tailed bumblebee on ragwort flowerA faded common carder bumblebee on a ragwort flower.Cut grass in the kirkyard. No flowers.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The 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
A black and white photo of a painted Lady feeding on budleia. It's wings are closed revealing the detailed patterns on the underside of its wing. It faces to the left and it's eye and antenna can be seen.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
#seedheads #wildflowerhour thistle floof
The fluffy seed heads of a thistle
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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
A small orange butterfly sits on top of yellow ragwort. The butterfly is side on to the camera looking to the right with its eye and antenna visible. The ragwort has several flower heads.
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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
A small ginger common carder bumblebee forages on the top of pink budleia blooms. Blue sky and clouds are behind the bee. It is side on to the camera with wings stretched out behind and antennae in front.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
#insectthursday a bit of wasp appreciation today 🙂
A photo of a wasp facing the camera so that it's face and antenna are visible. It's wings are stretched out behind as it gets ready to launch off of a flowerbud. The background is the green and yellow of out of focus ragwort.
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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#thicktrunktuesday it was a warm day 🌳
A large tree with a dominant trunk and an offshoot trunk in full leaf. Blue sky shows through its leaves and the sun lights up the scene. Green grass and foilage behind the tree are very lush in full summer mode.
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