Insects are an essential part of nature – and they’re important for people too 🐝 🐜🪲 Some of our tiniest species have a big impact, and we can take action to help look after them. This National Insect Week, get to know some of Scotland’s small but mighty creatures 👇️ 📸 Gen Tompkins, David Palmer

A perfect wee group of barn swallows waiting for mum (or dad)... So quiet until food approached! #birds #nature #PhonePhoto

Crows are intelligent, but enough to read a haiku?

How about a wee #puffin collage from #IsleOfMay recently. Best weather I've ever had for a visit and what a great backdrop that gives to photos! Sunshine (in moderation) and wildlife is a great combination. #birds #birding #Scotland #nature

Move....I want that ledge... #IsleOfMay #birds #birding #scotland #scottishwildlife

Definitely not the most elegant, but they look superb! #puffins #isleofmay #birds #birding #nature #scotland

Oh, okay...a puffin from a recent visit to #IsleOfMay It is such a phenomenal experience to go there. You cant help but love these guys! #puffins #birds #birding #nature #scotland

But here's the thing.. crypto has no inherent value.

I’ve mentioned my superb trip to #IsleOfMay once or twice. Have I mentioned the famous gannets of the #BassRock that we visited on the way? Simply the most elegant birds and amazing divers! Spectacular sight. #Birds #Birding #Scotland #Nature

This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it

What do we think Nigel Farage would have said if an EU politician had taken a £5mn gift just before they were elected, not declared it, put forward policies that benefited the person who gave them the £5mn, changed their story several times about what it was for & got angry when asked about it? 🤔

I love arctic terns. Such an amazing migration. Couldn't snap one in flight this time. Great to see these beauties back on #IsleOfMay. #birds #birding #nature #scotland

The Guga hunt is Scotland's shame - native seabird chicks being slaughtered in the name of tradition. Why are we allowing this massacre to go on?

I rarely agree with KB but I suspect this is true. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Really sweet Kittiwake (I think) on a prime residential spot on #IsleOfMay. #birds #birding #scotland ##FirthOfForth

Andy Burnam will be the latest to discover that fixing the ills of the UK can't is more difficult than just talking and griping

Hmmm 'I detest the tories and everything they stand for' BBC News - Sturgeon and Gove to team up for reality TV 'wargame' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gorgeous guillemots on a visit to #IsleOfMay #birds #birding #nature #scotland #FirthOfForth

Razorbill and offspring on a fabulous trip to #IsleOfMay #birds #birding #nature #scotland

I grew poppies and I'm very pleased.

For Fathers' Day, Keir Starmer posts a photo of his own father, who died in 2018, and a non-political message. The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes. We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians

If there is a better wildlife experience in Scotland I've yet to hear of it. #IsleOfMay is simply unparalleled. I'll just share a beautiful family of shags from yesterday. #birds #birding #Naturescotland

A visit to #IsleOfMay, but instead of a puffin why don't I share an oyster catcher. #birds #birding #superseabirdsunday #FirthOfForth #Scotland

Just heard, if its genuine, that china's state owned petrol company plans to phase out all petrol stations by 2040. Amazing! Thank you China. #ev

Even if this wasn't fake news...what would the evidence be.....

And yet economic reality will slap them, squarely, in the face! Its about time, tribal politics were set aside.

#birds #birding

I've ticked off #orca . Now I need to see basking sharks!

Not downloaded my photos yet after visiting #IsleOfMay but I snapped a few with my phone for #Superseabirdsunday My sunniest ever visit! (And of course, with bonus #Orca)

BBC News - politics in the UK are a joke. It's a popularity contest and nothing to do.with political (and economic) reality. It has become poor student union politics. Reality will hit hard for any government and prime minister. The public need to understand that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just a bit of golden hour in an #Edinburgh street #Newington #Edinburgh

This was not our experience today off #IsleOfMay ...but it's how it felt after we were fortunate to find and follow (for a short time) a pod of 5/6 #orca #EastLothian #Fife #FirthOfForth #Scotland #naturescotland We didn't get any photos .. but it happened

Phenomenal entertainment tonight at @thequeenshall.bsky.social to see #johnmccusker and friends. Amazing talent!

Fabulous visit to Isle of May - and on our way we followed a pod of 5 orca!! Orca!! Off the north of the island. Amazing sight...huge dorsal fins. #orca #FirthOfForth

I never get fed up looking at the spiral stairs on Usher Hall in Edinburgh. I can appreciate design. Particularly since I have no such skills myself! #design #architecture #Edinburgh

Really interesting architectural view of #Edinburgh. Great light on The Meadows in recent evenings.

Do voters not look at party policies any more? Is it all 'personality'? How could any voters 'lend their vote' between Reform and Labour. Aren't these parties completely exclusive? Well done Burnam but what do Reform voters actually care about wrt health, education, social services etc.

In late evening sunshine we get some lovely film of our hedgehogs. Interesting to see the different walking styles of the two....arriving at the feeding station 2 mins apart. Must have been busy at the buffet. #hedgehogs #urbangarden #liberton #Edinburgh

This is a wow photo!

Hope they prosecute. A lesson for all dog owners who refuse to use a lead when in nature reserves and areas with breeding birds. @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/e...

This is funny. Glasgow best coastal town is near #Edinburgh Source: Glasgow Live share.google/6sP25jwJHWwj...

Fabulous visit to the @scottishbirding.bsky.social centre in #Aberlady today. Stunning garden with unbelievable scent! Worth a visit. #EastLothian

Fantastic opportunity if you live in the Lothians! And a fabulous visitor centre and amazing gardens!

#fox and #hedgehogs seem to rub along ok. Last night, fox trying to work out what is going on in the feeding station. #urbangarden #Liberton #Edinburgh

I was going to say this would create a crisis in the NHS. But, of course, Reform want NHS replaced by health insurance! Why does anyone want to vote for them? BBC News - Reform UK pledges new tax on firms hiring foreign workers - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A little bit 'worn' but beautiful Painted Lady (i think) #butterfly. Its amazing to think that this is possibly the 2nd (maybe 3rd) generation this year already as part of migration from Africa, to be here in #Scotland. Next generation heads back! #nature #NatureScotland #Edinburgh #PhonePhoto

Stunning food - visually and of course taste. It's true that 'you eat first with your eyes'. Huge talent to create food art like this. #Lyla #food #Michelin #Edinburgh

I absolutely agree. #hedgehogs #banknotes Source: BBC share.google/DJlodsc4rMAS...

Continually seeing new things in #Edinburgh Today. A wee walk over to #Morningside and a look up to see this plaque. @secretedinburgh.bsky.social