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Sue Dumbleton

@stirlingriversider.bsky.social
40 followers 57 following 79 posts

Interested in: nature, charity governance, education, islands, photography, books, family history research, learning disability and tin tabernacles

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Beautiful #TallShip #GeorgStage in the #NorthSea heading towards #FirthofTay and #Dundee #Angus
The three mast tall ship on moody, calm water and a striated sky as a backdrop. Seen from the Angus Coast
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@rspbscotland.bsky.social The striking #skeindial #sundial at #RSPBLochLomond. It measures the #migrations of #Greenland #whitefrontedgeese #gnomon @hannahimlach.bsky.social
An intriguing sundial at RSPB Loch Lomond to measure the migration of Greenland White-fronted Geese.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@naturescot.bsky.social A #hibernaculum at #FlandersMoss #NationalNatureReserve. An #overwintering space for #adders, #lizards and other creatures. An important and interesting habitat. #PeatBog
A space created from logs, moss and grass for adders, lizards and other creatures to overwinter. Built by @naturescot.bsky.social on the peat bog at Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve near Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@froglife.bsky.social A welcome visitor in the pond today. Eat as many #slugs as you can. #Stirling #garden #pond
A frog in my garden pond in Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
More chit chat between the presenters? Please no. We honestly don't need to know what they had for breakfast. @theguardian.com #MarkLawson www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
‘Four white presenters feels retro’ – is the BBC Today programme doomed?
With bosses at the BBC prioritising social media platforms over radio, things feel apocalyptic at the broadcaster’s flagship news show – especially given the lack of diversity. Is this it?
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#GiantHogweed about to burst and send thousands of seeds far and wide. A horrible #invasivespecies now endemic along the #RiverForth in #Stirling. A truly ghastly plant #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #wildflowerhour
The flower of a giant hogweed plant just opening
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#birdoftheday #birdsintheirelement a #whimbrel spotted in #NorthUist #WesternIsles
A whimbrel on tussocky grass
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social on #BBC #BroadcastingHouse #SummerSolstice. It's happened - the tilt is now moving away from the sun for us. But well done to people in the #SouthernHemisphere - you can look forward to more light now 🙂
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#Falcotinnunculus #kestrel #birdoftheday #raptor #birdofprey A small falcon and a skillful hunter #Stirling
A kestrel in an ornamental cherry tree
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#BirdoftheDay #Black Could this #blackbird catch any more worms? A beakful to feed his hungry brood. #Stirling
A blackbird with his beak full of worms
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
@bsbibotany.bsky.social my #frontgarden in #Stirling is a #wildflower #meadow. Ditched the boring grass in 2019 & haven't looked back. #WildFlowerHour
A wildflower garden with orange hawkweed and buttercups
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A makeshift sign to welcome trustees, supporters & volunteers of @mamiemartin.org to #Stirling #SmithMuseumandArtGallery this morning. A great turn out and a delight to meet Mercy, Malawi Director, again. #GirlsEducationinMalawi #ScotlandMalawiPartnership
A yellow t-shirt with the words Girls Education in Malawi welcoming people to an informal meeting
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@naturescot.bsky.social A lovely place to sit at #CreagMeagaidhNNR Well done @naturescot.bsky.social it's a beautiful place to walk
A bench made of stone with a wooden back. It's covered with moss and lichens. Situated in NatureScot's Creag Meagaidh NNR near Dalwhinnie
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social I saw this line bird on the #RiverForth in #Stirling. I think it is a grebe but it has quite dull plumage . Can you please help? Thanks
Possibly a grebe on the River Forth in Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social @earthskyscience.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #hairice at #BracoCastle today. #Scotland
An image of hair ice amongst decaying leaves. Seen in Braco, Perth and Kinross
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social Almost full #supermoon from my back garden in #Stirling 06:00am 7th #October 2025. #harvestmoon #huntersmoon
Full moon emerging from clouds in very early morning light.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
@britmycolsoc.org.uk Some fine #fungus in #ScottishBorders today.
Four images of fungus growing in Scottish Borders area.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
@slowwaysuk.bsky.social #RoxburghViaduct crossing the #RiverTeviot in #ScottishBorders. Part of the dismantled #Kelso line. Now a great #walking #path
A disused railway viaduct crossing a river in Scottish Borders. Now a walking path
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @treesforlife.bsky.social Beautiful #spindle berries in #Stirling #euonymuseuropaeus #autumn #nativetrees
The fruit of a spindle tree. Bright pink before opening to orange. Growing in Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The original platform of #Dollar #station on the closed #DevonValleyRailway. Now a #foot, #cycle & #bridle path it runs from #Alloa to #Dollar #Clackmannanshire @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
The platform of a demolished railway station on a now closed railway line in central Scotland
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
It's the #Edinburgh #Kiktwalk 2025 on Sunday. I'm #kiktwalkingvas usual for #EquipowerCentralScotlandRDA #RDA is a life-changing organisation. Here is the #goodhub #fundraising page for any donation you can make. Thank you! www.goodhub.com/go/equi-powe...
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Gannet at #TroupHead #Aberdeenshire
A gannet perching on the cliff top at RSPB Troup Head Aberdeenshire
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
@louisewelsh00.bsky.social thank you for a splendid event at #EdinburghBookFestival today. #WhoOwnstheClyde is inspiring. Your description of the #Clyde in #Glasgow resonates with the #Forth in #Stirling. The #Forth is far from a dead river here but is disconnected from the town. I must try harder!
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
@papayranger.bsky.social Annual visit to #Papay #PapaWestray last week. Just a day trip from #Pierowall #Westray. Glorious as ever Loved the #archive. #KelpStore #SouthWick #KnapofHowar
An archive of residents of Papay (Papa Westray), Orkney held at the Kelp Store on the island. Photo shows ring binders, one for each house on the isleThe beach at South Wick, Papa Westray, Orkney. Photo shows sweep of white sand, wildflowers and a few houses Neolithic site on Papa Westray, Orkney. Photo looks across the water to the island of Westray. A deserted beach on the Orkney island of Papa Westray
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
@anlanntair.bsky.social first visit here for many years. Delighted that you're so #dogfriendly as well as #glutenfree. What a lovely space
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@seabirdcentre.bsky.social
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social #FebruaryBirdoftheMonth #Redshank #Tringatotanus spotted in #NorthBerwick #EastLothian today @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social
A redshank, wading bird on a golf course in East Lothian.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
@rspbscotland.bsky.social #kestrel in #Stirling this morning. Looking for its breakfast in a frozen #KingsPark
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
@scotwildlife.bsky.social A regular visitor to the middle of #Stirling enjoying the chilly water of the #RiverForth today #seal
A seal surfacing from the cold dark water of the River Forth in Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social Two good winter spots in #Dunblane today. #JellyEarFungus fruiting and #WitchHazel flowering #Auriculariaauricula & #hamamelismollis
Jelly ear fungus on an elder tree. A strange translucent brown fungus which looks a bit like a human ear Winter flowering witch hazel - yellow flowers which look a bit like a pom pom
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
@orkneylibrary.bsky.social So pleased to see you here. Yours was always one of my favourite accounts on the bird site. Happy New Year!
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
@bsbibotany.bsky.social I know the #NewYearPlantHunt is all over for 2025 but #groundsel flowering 03.01.25 in #Stirling
Groundsel flowering in January. Spotted in a field in Stirling. A yellow flower and green leaves
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
@bsbibotany.bsky.social 01.01.25 ivy showing some late flowers in #Stirling Thanks for the #newyearplanthunt
Common ivy with some late flowers and unripe fruits on January 1st 2025. Seen in Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #pulmonaria #lungwort flowering early in #Stirling. Naturalised in a public space, a woodland garden by the #RiverForth
Pulmonaria flowering in a woodland garden in Stirling. It is an early bloomer but December is really early
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
@bsbibotany.bsky.social Daisy and campanula both flowering sturdily in #Stirling 28.12.24
Campanula flowering in December. Purple flowers with buds still to open. Daisy flowering in December. White petals and a slightly bent stalk. In a wildflower garden.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#BailbrookMissionChurch #Bailbrook near #Bath. Splendid #tintabernacle in a sad state. Such a fancy design #corrugatediron
A former church made of corrugated iron. Very rusty and looking derelict. At Bailbrook outside Bath
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This is @givingtuesday.bsky.social and if you're looking for a cause to support let me introduce #MamieMartinFund which supports #GirlsEducation in #Malawi #ScottishCharity #ScotlandMalawiPartnership www.justgiving.com/mamiemartinf...
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Mamie Martin Fund
Raise money, support your friends, give to a cause. Show you care.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
There are #beavers on the #RiverForth in the middle of #Stirling. I saw and heard this willow fall today. They are so efficient
A willow tree felled by beavers working on the River Forth in Stirling.
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
@loiscameron.bsky.social
A corrugated iron church, known as a tin tabernacle, at Dalswinton near Dumfries
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
@scottishbirding.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social #bullfinch eating a shrivelled rowan berry #Stirling
A male bullfinch in a rowan tree eating the last of the berries. Spotted in Stirling
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#Kimono #KyototoCatwalk @vadundee.bsky.social - magnificent exhibition. There's still time to see it
Kimono from centuries ago till contemporary designs. Intricate design and sumptuous fabric. On display at the V&A in Dundee
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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Dipping a toe in. Here's a tin tabernacle
A disused corrugated iron church near Perth. Now used by the local scout group for storage.
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