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 😟

An ichneumonini, parasitic wasp. Just 👀 at his antennae! I had to flick back to September for the photo. #insectthursday #thestrangeworldofinsects

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.

#thicktrunkTuesday a big old sycamore tree standing alone amongst the pines. Its ready for winter!

A ray of sunshine for An Sgurr on Eigg this afternoon. #Scotland

Halloween🕷🎃

To me, this almost seems like the floral equivalent of an ice cream sundae. But maybe that's just me. #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #flowersarenoticecream

Nog eentje uit de vlindertuin in Grevenmacher😍 🦋 #butterfly #natuur

#ForestFriday #Autumn #Herbst im #Wald

#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

This Sunday at 2pm 👇😀 #westlothian #SSSI #Calderwood #naturewalk #Ramble&Chat #autumn

#thicktrunktuesday this tree guards the entrance to a bridge over the railway at Culloden Wood.

I'd love to know what's going on here! What's making these patterns? Anyone know? #bugsky #wychelm #invertebrate

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

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom in Stockhill Wood near Priddy, a short drive from #Bath #Somerset #UK #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #fungi #mushroom #flyagaric

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." -Helen Keller

Sunlight through dandelion fluff...taken yesterday #schiking #dandelion #lateafternoonsunlight

Happy Frog Friday! #FrogFriday #Herps #EastCoastKin #Gardening 🐸🌱

On the buddleia in the kirkyard not so very long ago, a fresh little common carder bumblebee caught my eye 🐝 #Citywildlife #Fridaybee #bumblebees

#insectthursday wasps - so nice when they mind their own business!

These photos were taken just over 4 months apart! Morven's calf has grown into a chunky little lass and is growing in confidence now she's back in the hill enclosure and meeting visitors every day. And Morven herself is in excellent condition but has grown the most peculiar set of curly antlers! 😂

#thicktrunkTuesday #recycling #kirkyard #Edinburgh

A painted lady butterfly for #insectThursday

The buddleia is still feeding the butterflies in the kirkyard 🦋😊 #citywildlife #kirkyard #Edinburgh #redadmiral #summersend

#thicktrunktuesday a big beech tree 🌳

Portrait of a snail , who is always home. 🐌 #BlueSkyArtShow #home #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #reflection #EastCoastKin #photography

Today I enjoyed the the silver birches and the autumn colours at Arne Nature Reserve. 🌞💛🍃 The "Ghost of Autumn" was swirling around the white birch trees painting the forest ferns in gold. #ICM #nature #forest #trees #colours #photography #ICMphotography

This is the Great Blue Heron I posted recently just after it flew over me and landed in a misty area below the bridge. Loved seeing the details of its beautiful feathers! 💙🤩 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/8/25) #birds #herons #GreatBlueHeron #FlyDay #Scape #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

#BeeFriday 🐝 The bees knees 😄 We've got to Friday again! A common carder bumblebee a little faded now and with ragged wings #FridayBee

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 😃

🙌 looking at the environment and managing it for the benefit of the creatures living in it 🙂

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 😩

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

#seedheads #wildflowerhour thistle floof

Snail shell, with berries. #photography #EastCoastKin #SundayYellow #SundayShadow #macroPhotography #SundaySnails

#SundayYellow a small copper butterfly on ragwort. This week in the Kirkyard in Edinburgh. What a year for butterflies this year has been! #wildlifeinthecity

#BeeFriday 🐝 Feeling the end of summer approaching but there's still bees about! A little common carder bumblebee feeding on budleia #Fridaybee

#insectthursday a bit of wasp appreciation today 🙂

Morning All ! Not the official #BirdoftheDay as designated by @robcrank68.bsky.social but.... 😜 House Sparrows, our garden in #EastAnglia, UK. Yesterday afternoon These are not quite fully fledged #Birds #Sparrows #Gardens #Eco-gardening #Photography #EastCoastKin

Happy #Twosday 🦋 together 🦋 Late summer #garden #nature #Finland #photography

#thicktrunktuesday it was a warm day 🌳

#macroMonday the fascinating little face of a red admiral butterfly

Wishing you all a peaceful Sunday 🦢 Photo from the four lochs walk yesterday before the rain and wind started! #lastdayofsummer #DevillaForest #Scotland

Drama in the garden this evening when there was a blur of bird activity causing me to spill my beer 😂, the rather chonky sparrowhawk did not catch any sparrows tonight. #wildlifeinthegarden #sparrowhawk #wilddrama

#Fridaybee A tiny guest at the picnic 🐝 This honeybee visitor landed on a pop-chips bag. After cleaning its antennae it left for a nearby flower! #BeeFriday

It’s dahlia time. So many incredible types. These open ones are my favourites, I think the bees would agree too. #BeeFriday #FlowersonFriday

In the kirkyard yesterday 🦋. Deacon Brodie is buried here in an unmarked grave. A cabinet maker and city councillor by day - leader of a burglar gang at night. He was hung for his crimes. The invertebrates who know nothing of any of this inhabit this tiny green space 😀 #Edinburgh #commabutterfly

Wasps are great! And I've just learnt a new word - vespicochory, the dispersal of seeds by wasps.

Red Kite. #Kite #RedKite #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #Photography