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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Into the morning fire they fly! Love where you live ❤️ #scottishhighlands

Morning sunrise with birds in flight through the orange sky.

Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just a short drive from home, Fairburn Tower is a rare survival from the Scottish Renaissance. Situated in beautiful Highland landscape, it was built around 1545 for Murdo Mackenzie, a favourite at the rich court of King James V and Mary of Guise. #lovewhereyoulive

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It’s a beautiful day in the Scottish Highlands. With the first flush of Spring, life is bursting forth in my local woodland. The first wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) coming into flower. As one of the first flowers to bloom they’re a vital source of food to emerging flies & bees.

Pretty star shaped flowers, white petals with a light yellow centre & green foliage. Set against tall trees & a bright blue sky.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The merry dancers were on show last night in the Scottish Highlands. A very lucky helicopter pilot flies right through it.

Photo of Aurora Borealis, taken close to Inverness Airport, and you can see a helicopter pilot fly through it. Picture is dark in the foreground, which includes a tree and rooftops. The colours in the sky are green, mauve and pink.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A misty morning travelling to Inverness as Storm Amy approaches. We’re expecting 100mph winds tonight in the Scottish Highlands.

Black and white picture of cars crossing the Kessock Bridge from Ross-shire to Inverness, capital of the Scottish Highlands. The bridge is shrouded in thick mist in the morning, as Storm Amy approaches.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The summer fades away again, as autumn begins her show. A beautiful start to the day here in the #scottishhighlsnds. I can smell the changing of the season in the air. Bring on starry nights, cosy fires and crunchy leaves.

A beautiful sunrise as we move towards autumn. A sky of bluish grey with big bursts of orange blazing through the cloud.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It’s International Dog Day. A great opportunity to celebrate Gracie, my boss and all round adventurer. Pic taken beside the ruins of Ardvreck Castle, beside Loch Assynt in the #scottishhighlands

Celebrating Gracie the Golden Retriever on International Dog Day. She’s photographed beside Loch Assynt, with the remains of Ardvreck Castle in the background. Blue skies and x reflection of the castle in the water.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Woke up to mist up the Glen this morning. Harvest time in the Scottish Highlands.

Scottish Highands. Photo taken from the top of a small hill in a Scottish Glen, overlooking fields at harvest time which have a covering of mist. Mountain’s are in the background and the sky is bright blue.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

It’s another beautiful day in the Scottish Highlands. Had to stop at Loch Mallachie and take a bit of time to breathe & reflect on how lucky I am to live here.

Reflections and early morning mist at Loch Mallachie in the Scottish Highlands. Green trees on a small island on the loch are reflected on the blue water, as is a blue, cloudless sky.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The best pork pie of my life this weekend on the summit of Sgurr Dhomhnuill, in Ardgour, the Scottish Highlands. ❤️ where you live!

One pork pie sitting on the summit of a mountain on a sunny day in Scotland. Other mountains feature in the background, with blue skies as it was a 28c day in July.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

A beautiful sunset on a special mountain, the first I climbed as a child, and every year since. Suilven, in the North West Highlands of Scotland. 📸 by Johnny MacAulay

A beautiful sunset on a special mountain. Suliven is also known as the sugar loaf due to its shape. The mountain is in the background, with the sun setting on it. The foreground shows wet peatland and trees.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A picture taken from a summit in the Cairngorms shows the scale of ongoing wildfires in the Carrbridge and Dava areas of the Scottish Highlands. Several fires started on Saturday by humans “wild camping”, setting campfires and leaving bbq’s behind.

A picture taken from a summit in the Cairngorms shows the scale of ongoing wildfires in the Carrbridge and Dava areas.

Plumes of smoke depicting fires that are servers miles wide.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The sun sets on this summer solstice at Dores Beach, Loch Ness. #scottishhighlands

Sunset at Dores Beach, Loch Ness. Pebbled shore looking towards the orange glow of the sun setting in between the hills, either side of the loch.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Lenticular and iridescent clouds over beautiful Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands earlier today.

Lenticular and iridescent clouds in a blue sky. Green foliage in the foreground, and a solitary tree in full green leaf. The place is Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands earlier today,

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Lenticular clouds on my way home last night. Beautiful.

Photo of lenticular clouds in a bright blue sky over the Black Isle. Scottish Highlands.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A beautiful Red Kite soaring above my house in the Scottish Highlands. What a place to live!

Bird of prey, a Red Kite, soaring high across a blue sky in the Scottish Highlands.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Interesting light refraction of freezing fog over Muir of Ord in the Scottish Highlands this morning. 📷 credit to Steven Martin

$Light refraction in frozen fog. Various colours and has a cathedral like feel.$

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Road trip home to the north west of Scotland. The beautiful and wild landscapes of Assynt.

Snow dusted road cuts through a wild and rugged landscape with a snow covered mountain.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The Merry Dancers brought in a new year in the Scottish Highlands. Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! 🥃

Aurora Borealis - red and green colours in the night sky above a dark foreground.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

www.facebook.com/share/r/18Hk... Good times at the local festive tractor run last night. Supporting two charities this year; Young Lives v Cancer and Farm Strong #Ross-shire #Highland

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Treated to the beautiful sight of nacreous clouds across the Scottish Highlands this morning.

A picture of nacreous clouds taken in the Scottish Highlands.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Please join the register, you may not be a match for Rachael but a perfect one for someone else. 👇

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Snow has arrived in the Highlands. A dusting over the tops of the Grey Corries this morning. #Lochaber #scottishhighlands

Snow on the tops of the Grey Corries mountain range with a loch in the foreground.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Enjoying the last few days of warm, autumnal sunshine before winter arrives in the Highlands next week. ‘Mon the snow! ❄️🏂🏔️

Picture of the tops of trees in their autumnal colours of orange and gold. Picture taken from the ground looking up which shows the sky in the shape of a heart between the tree tops.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Headline of the day, and I’ve only just had lunch. 👏👏👏

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Blue skies and warm sunshine in the Highlands today. Took off for a yomp around the beautiful village of Drumnadrochit by Loch Ness and met this gorgeous girl at Drumbuie Farm. #coosday #highlandcoos #scottishhighlands

A red Highland Coo calf enjoying the sunshine in the Scottish Highlands.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Swapped out doom scrolling for a former scrolling habit……photography, and came across this beauty. Easyjet departing Inverness airport, taken from RNLI Kessock 10/11/24. 500mm with a huge crop. Posted to; Scotland's Scenery by Martin Macbeth

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

The merry dancers are out tonight. View from my garden.

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Shirley May @shirleymay.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Well the place is a breath of fresh air and a long exhale! Feels like the old place now many of my favourite accounts have come over. I deactivated my account in Muskville yesterday, never to return, this is the place to be now. I’ll end with a pic of our lovely Chester. Happy Caturday folks!

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