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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

If, on a cold winter's night, you wonder where that Speyside single malt you're sipping came from, here 'tis; the mighty Spey.

Photo of a perfect October afternoon in NE Scotland. Cloudless blue sky reflected in the deeper blue of a broad, fast running river. A long thin islet of shingle lies in the middle of the river. There's a couple of whooper swans dozing under some brush at the end.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A lovely October afternoon, wandering through the Fochaber Community Woodland. Looking at one of the fish ladders in the middle of the burn. #Scotland #Autumn

Autumn foliage along a fast flowing burn (US stream). There's dappled light falling on a fish ladder in the middle of the burn, put there to aid fish, probably salmon, swimming upstream to spawn.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

A pretty day at Balmedie Country Park on the shore by the North Sea. Mind you, about a half hour later we were just down the road and had to park because the rain was coming down too hard to see the road! #Scotland #Aberdeenshire

There's a blue sky with fluffy white clouds overhead. A photographer is standing atop a tall sand dune and beyond him is a stretch of blue ocean.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Fledgling crows: Day 42. A quiet week with just a few sightings, usually in the evening when the whole family heads to bed in the sycamore tree. Both parents are trying to tempt the gruesome twosome into flying higher; Itchy can easily zoom up to the top of […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

An adult crow is sitting on the gutter of a two-story house, cawing down to her two offspring who are sitting on a garage roof just below her. The parent would very much like it if both young birds would come up to her but only the adventurous one (Itchy) is willing to try.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

Fledgling crows: Day 38. Here's a shot of Dozy sitting on our back neighbour's garage. Dozy has been sitting there for a couple of hours. They flew over there from the sycamore tree with Itchy, then a parent bird appeared to give Dozy a meal. Impatient Itchy […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A snapshot of a cloudy day in our back garden. There's an old garden bench with a beach wood trellis surrounding it full of yellow roses. Behind the bench is a tall fence and behind that fence is a tile roofed garage with a fledgling crow sitting on it.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Fledgling crows: Day 28. The gruesome twosome are pretty much out and about these days, we don't see them very often although we do often hear them talking with the parent birds. Here's Itchy sitting in the tree behind our garden fence preening himself and […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A snapshot of our back garden on a sunny, breezy day. To the left is a large sycamore tree with a fledgling crow sitting in it; there's a red circle to pinpoint the spot. At the bottom of the shot is an old garden bench with a trellis around it made of gathered driftwood.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Fledgling crow(s): Day 19. There may be just one fledgling now, at least we've only seen one sitting on the hedge and getting fed by the adults. I walked up to the rose trellis and found a little pile of feathers, we're guessing that the less vocal one was […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A snapshot of grass with a sad little pile of grey feathers scattered on it.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Fledgling crows: Day 9. The more vocal of the two fledglings has taken up temporary residence on the handle of the water pot. This is causing great consternation among the sparrows who live in the hedge; it's hot and they want a drink. The disadvantage to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Fledgling crow sitting on the handle of a large water pot. You can't see them in this snapshot but there are a lot of disgruntled sparrows sitting in the hedge behind the water pot waiting their turn to get a drink!

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

Fledgling crows: Day 8. Alfred Hitchcock has nothing on us; not only are we being held hostage by a pair of fledgling corvid vandals, but we discovered a wayward sparrow in the loft of all places. No idea how the little feller managed to get in up there […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Two fledgling crows having a drink of water from the birds' watering pot. They like the rock garden, it's cooler there than their usual rose trellis perch at the other end of the back garden.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Two young crows Day 7: We're finally behaving more like crows, nosing around, hunting for food, and less napping. They only fly when they have to; when a parent shows up with a meal, we do some flying to get to the food more quickly! #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Gardening

2 fledgling crows having a nose around the rock garden, looking for something tasty and a drink from the water pot.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

Day 4 Twa young corbies (crows). Terrible photo but shows the rose trellis around the old garden bench with the trellis made from driftwood gathered from the nearby shingle beach. The two fledgling crows like to sit on the trellis, wandering up and down […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Two young crows sitting on a garden bench looking fed up.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Fledgling crows, Day 2. Here we are lurking around the rock garden with bad intent. We've been practicing jump-flying all day and nosing around for food. #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Gardening

Two fledgling crows who just flew the nest yesterday. Sitting in a built-up rock garden together, surveying the back garden and wondering what mischief to get into next.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

A country lane on a pretty afternoon, trees full of birds singing their wee tail feathers off. And a burn sparkling by the side of the road. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/map1_3… #birds #scotland #highlands

The path to Drummuir Castle through the woods surrounding the castle. Lots of very old trees and a sparkling brook by the side of the lane.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

A swan butt looking for lunch at Loch Spynie near Lossiemouth on a beautiful sunny day in March.

A blue loch surrounded by reed beds with a large flock of white swans serenely feeding on water weeds and drifting about looking graceful. NE Scotland.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

At the old 17th century harbour at White Hills on a Spring afternoon.

White Hills old harbour on a sunny spring afternoon.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

I've got spring fever bad today, here's some of the crocuses coming up in our back garden. #gardening #Bloomscrolling

A scattering of bright blue crocus blossoms amongst grass on a sunny day.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

At the shore near Port Gordon on a cold sunny afternoon.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

And I just got another flagged newsletter, here's what it looks like:

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

This is a 5 minute walk from my front door. The waves are throwing up tons of seaweed. It was even wilder a couple of days ago.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

Almost sunset at the Dolphin Centre in Spey Bay. No dolphins but plenty of grey seals hunting for their supper.

A photo of Spey Bay, NE Scotland. The water is very calm, golden sunlight as the sun goes down.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2025

Lovely evening along the wee harbour near where I live.

Photo of Portgordon harbour on a very clear, sunny evening.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025

This conversation is a perfect example of why I enjoy Mastodon so much. #Mastodon #Humor #Humour

Screen shot of a conversation about dishwasher etiquette.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2025

Gorgeous landscape by Loch Langais but there isn't a single bird in sight, not even a gull or two. Just a bit eery.

Loch Langais, near Baleshare in North Uist on a lovely sunny afternoon. The water is a clear rich blue with some fleeting clouds reflected in the loch.

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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2025

Just gazing out the kitchen window at the wind (gusting to 58 mph) and the rain (pouring sideways) while I also watch the CalMac ferries on my alert app getting canceled one by one. It's a real gale, folks. #Scotland #ClimateChange

Photo of a rocky, hilly landscape in Grimsay, North Uist. The photo appears to be slightly blurred because the wind is blowing so hard that the grass and scrub is constantly moving.

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