Unexpected sparrowhawk in the kestrel tree! Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Kestrel waiting for me at the very start of my walk today ❤️ Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Siskin #Aberfeldy #birds Happy new year!

My favourite robin, optimally inflated for the cold weather 🥰 Mortonhall #Edinburgh #birds

A little Twixmas treat for me - a flock of redpolls in a neighbour's tree 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Mycena bejewelled with dew drops ❤️ Liberton #Edinburgh #FungiFriends

Boxing Day encounter with a favourite robin - I always look out for it when I walk that way Mortonhall #Edinburgh #birds

Nuthatch 😍 Mortonhall #Edinburgh #birds

Tiny goldcrest in the rhododendron Mortonhall #Edinburgh #birds

Robin demonstrating correct Christmastime physique (side view) Mortonhall #Edinburgh #birds

Little bauble of a robin 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Kestrel looking down at me from on high 😍 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Plump little bright-eyed robin 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Encounter with an Otter (Lutra lutra) this morning on the Water of Leith near Saughton Park. Watched it for an hour or so before it went to ground for a sleep. #Otters #WaterOfLeith #EdinburghWildlife #Nature #Photography #Nikon @wolct.bsky.social

Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar "Seadog" Otter hand embroidered thread painting artwork. #WildlifeArt #embroidery #AnimalArt

Kestrel whizzing past with a wormy snack 🪱 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Kestrel on my lunchtime walk today Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Stonechat (and Arthur's Seat) this afternoon Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Hide & seek with a stonechat 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Stonechat 🥰 What a face! What a shape! Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Stonechat and late afternoon light 🧡 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Golden hour with our local stonechat this afternoon. Still hoping like mad that she'll stick around for the winter 🧡

Days 1 to 12 of the advent calendar my daughter has made for me - tiny versions of something I love every day, starting with my camera. I couldn't love them - or her - more ❤️ #advent #wildlife

Posing Heron on the edge of the weir @wolct.bsky.social on Saturday day out with lovely friends @elainebradley.bsky.social @glenisilla.bsky.social SusanF and AislingM. Two backdrops, one with graffiti, one with brickwork #Edinburgh @birdinglothian.bsky.social @edinburghnats.bsky.social

Kingfisher slowly making his way upstream from the weir, flying from fishing post to fishing post. @wolct.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @edinburghnats.bsky.social

Heron posing like royalty on the Water of Leith #Edinburgh #birds

A tiny little mushroom on a piece of woodchip and a REALLY tiny little mushroom on a piece of woodchip Saughton #Edinburgh #FungiFriends

A perfect little snout in the Water of Leith 😍 Otter #Edinburgh #wildlife

One little stonechat still brightening up my walks ❤️ I hope she stays for the winter Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Blackbird with hairs on his chinny chin chin 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Well the fieldfares have found the berries Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Kestrel photography going brilliantly, thanks for asking Liberton #Edinburgh

Kestrel, down for some worms 🪱 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Blackbird making it very clear that I should not expect to share those berries Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Today's kestrel - back in the same spot and showing us those beautifully fluffy legs 😍 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Kestrel, all fluffed up against the cold Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

It's cold and wet and grey today, but who even cares because there was a kestrel waiting for me in our local field this morning 😍 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Solidarity with a very lovely dog I often meet on my walk, who used to wear a collar that said FRIENDLY but now wears a collar that says DO NOT FEED

Ten perfect minutes with a wintering blackcap in Inch Park this morning. Picking berries, eating berries, and wiping her beak - pick, eat, wipe, repeat - the whole time I was watching her 🥰 #Edinburgh #birds

Robin setting sail on the high seas 🥰 Duddingston #Edinburgh #birds

Eyelash fungus! 👁 Duddingston #Edinburgh #FungiFriends

A very lovely stonechat brightening up a chilly walk Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Winter is here! Hair Ice in a Midlothian woodland this morning. Formed on dead wood, mainly beech. Even found a group of Rosy Bonnets (Mycena rosea) looking after a little bit of it. #ExidiopsisEffusa #Fungi #Nature #Photography #Nikon

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

Robin with magnificent tummy 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Heron keeping cosy in a flooded Inch Park #Edinburgh #birds

A very vocal robin that I drew based on a great reference photo by @glenisilla.bsky.social I did most of it on one layer as I like to feel I am drawing in my art pad. Hope to do a festive background. #art #digitalart #procreate #birds #myart #robin #nature #animals #cheery #beginnerartist

Stonechat ❤️ Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Shouty robin 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

Blushing rosette fungus, bleeding profusely 😳 Mortonhall #Edinburgh #FungiFriends