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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great to be ‘in conversation’ with James Mclauchlan (right) last night at the Wild Fungarium bookshop in central Edinburgh at a sold-out event on my book Wild Edinburgh as part of the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) ‘Words of the Wild Book Festival’. Pete Haskell of SWT on left

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A handsome turnstone down on the East Neuk of #Fife shore

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A flourish of mica caps in my local wood

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A cluster of fly agarics in one of my local woods

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wee cutie - a young harbour seal enjoying the sunshine at East Wemyss in Fife this morning

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nice feature in today's Scotsman on my new book - Where a Cold Light Falls - a nature journey through NE Scotland. Book available from online sellers and in bookshops

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Like a nugget of gold, yellow stagshorn fungus lights up the forest floor in Dunning Glen, Perthshire

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Delighted to support the Delph Pond Forum at their community event in Tullibody today, bringing kids’ closer to nature and highlighting the need to look after our precious green spaces #Clackmannanshire

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ooooh..look what arrived today, my latest book – Where a Cold Light Falls – a nature exploration of NE Scotland, brilliantly illustrated by Rob Hands. Now available to buy from publisher @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social and in bookshops and other online sellers tinyurl.com/2du3tdyb

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A company of curlews on the foreshore near Blackness on the Firth of Forth this morning

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My latest book – Where a Cold Light Falls – will be published shortly and is now available to pre-order. It is a nature exploration of Northeast Scotland (Aberdeenshire, Angus & Moray) and is published by @TippermuirBooks . Illustrations by Rob Hands. tinyurl.com/2du3tdyb

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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tickets are going fast for our Words of the Wild Book Festival, with some events already sold out! Don’t miss your opportunity to meet some of today’s top nature writers, join our online talks or nurture your creativity at one of our workshops. Find out more on our website 📖 buff.ly/fI23XcV

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

An amethyst deceiver brings a splash of colour to a rough pasture in the #Ochils #fungi

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The #fungi season is getting into full swing - here, a cluster of sulphur tufts in one of my local woods

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This charismatic cuttlefish was today's star find in #Lanzarote

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

These stunning mats of slender-leaved ice plants looked especially apt in the lava fields of Lanzarote today as they resembled patches of molten rock. These hardy wee plants are incredibly well adapted to withstand such a harsh, dry environment

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A snorkel at Playa Blanca in #Lanzarote today brought the reward of finding plenty of colourful parrotfish

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Marsh samphire at Torry Bay in west #Fife this afternoon. This specialist plant lives in sheltered tidal areas that would kill most plants, with its fleshy tissues enabling it to tolerate and regulate high concentrations of salt

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A shoal of sandeels at Elie, #Fife. These fish move in such tight unison that they act like one organism. They are a lynchpin of the marine ecosystem, being a source of nutritious food for so many other creatures

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A common green grasshopper in Menstrie Glen in the Ochils this morning. Males display to females by rubbing their legs against their wings to create a long, loud, 'churring' song. After mating, the eggs are laid in the soil ready to hatch the following spring

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The topsy-turvy world of a prawn – a wee exploration under a submerged rock-shelf when snorkelling by West Wemyss in Fife brought a close encounter with this cute crustacean clinging to the roof

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

High and dry - a harbour seal at rest by East Wemyss in Fife this morning

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A recent snorkel in a sea loch in the NW Highlands brought into view a stunning proliferation of kelp fur growing on seaweed. These are hydroids – small colonial aquatic animals comprising many individuals called polyps

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The garden buddleia was shimmering with butterflies today, including painted ladies, red admirals, peacocks and small tortoiseshells

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A shimmering sea of water crowfoot on the River Devon at Fossoway #wildflowerhour #kinross-shire

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Happiness is snorkelling by the shore of the East Neuk of #Fife – here a shoal of young saithe in among towering strands of mermaid’s tresses seaweed

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I have never snorkelled at West Wemyss in Fife before, and although the visibility wasn’t great this afternoon, there was plenty of amazing life to see. Including this soft coral called dead men’s fingers hidden beneath a rock overhang several metres down.

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

When the sun shone last week - a goldfinch on its song perch by the haugh of the River Devon in #Clackmannanshire

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Harbour seals and their pups taking things easy on a rocky islet off West Wemyss in #Fife today

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A ptarmigan on a mountain top above Glenshee earlier this month

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Gus @gusfromscotland.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

BHG doing very well at #EastKilbride loch. In #winter they are top parasites of #cormorants, & ambush them when they come up for air, hoping to steal fish they catch for dinner. #birds

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This masked crab was a good find when snorkelling in Loch Broom recently. It an animal not often seen because they spend most of their time hiding in burrows in the seabed sand. The crab uses its two long antennae to form a breathing tube to deliver oxygenated water to its lair under the sand

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This recently fledged black-headed gull on the Ythan estuary north of #Aberdeen last week was elegance personified. The Forvie reserve holds a significant proportion of the Scottish breeding population of these declining gulls and they have had a successful year with over 1,500 young fledged!

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A drift of meadowsweet on the sea cliffs at the Bullers of Buchan near Peterhead in #Aberdeenshire #wildflowerhour

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A young grey seal taking things easy on the Isle of May a couple of days ago

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Great to see the kittiwakes appearing to have a good year on the Isle of May with plenty of rapidly growing young huddled in their cliff ledge nests yesterday

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This wee fella brought a splash of colour to the cliffs at the Bullers of Buchan near #Peterhead yesterday

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A fabulous sea eagle with its 'barn door' wingspan soars above Loch Broom last week

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I adore finding burrowing anemones - you don't often see them when snorkelling as they generally prefer deeper water, but when you do discover one, it is like a flickering flame that brightens the seabed. This wee beauty last week in Loch Broom

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This slow worm was a good find on a track near Mellon Udrigle in Wester Ross last week. Not often seen as they lead secretive lives, these fascinating creatures resemble a snake but in fact are legless lizards, and can blink their eyes and have external ear openings, which snakes don't.

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Keep away, she’s mine! Velvet swimming crabs have fascinating breeding behaviour where the male guards a female (below him) for several days until she moults and sheds her shell, when mating can then take place. This amorous pair in Ardmair Bay near Ullapool yesterday

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Some dolphin aerobatics in Loch Broom by #Ullapool in #Wester Ross this morning

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Like an underwater leopard - a close-up of the intricate patterning on the head of a small-spotted catshark I encountered when #snorkelling a few days ago in Loch Broom near #Ullapool

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The evening sun slips below Isle Martin in Loch Broom #Ullapool

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thrilled to spot this John Dory in Loch Broom in the NW Highlands during a #snorkel, It is uncommon in Scottish waters and is more typically found in warmers waters around southern Britain, and further south into the Mediterranean #Ullapool

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The far north-west coast of this beautiful country called #Scotland just keeps on giving - a stunning sea eagle on its look-out perch yesterday at Ardmair Bay near #Ullapool

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Every time I go snorkelling in Scotland I dream of seeing a small-spotted catshark, and today it finally happened, and I am so happy. Here, in Loch Broom near Ullapool.

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Great to be back in one of my favourite snorkelling spots, Ardmair Bay in Wester Ross, where marine life abounds at every turn, including this stunning barrel jellyfish

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Keith Broomfield @keithbroomfield.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A four-spotted chaser dragonfly on its hunting perch at Bordie Loch in Devilla Forest in west Fife. It is a voracious predator, eating midges, mosquitoes, mayflies, small moths and other insects

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