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Dec 16th, 2016

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Day 247 Dec 16th, 2016

The alma mater

Founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, the University of Aberdeen is Scotland's third o...

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Dec 19th, 2016

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Day 250 Dec 19th, 2016

The gull on the bridge on the river Ythan

This is the black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus. It is only black-headed in the breeding season and...

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Jan 10th, 2017

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Day 269 Jan 10th, 2017

Trawlers in Peterhead Harbour

#afternoon #landscape #tuesday #water #sea #sky #transport #europe #january #boat #harbour #navy #peterhead #cruise-ship...

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Jan 18th, 2017

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Day 277 Jan 18th, 2017

Water

Reflections, colours and interference patterns in the water at Peterhead Harbour. The complex waves were the result of a grey seal having moment...

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Apr 24th, 2017

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Day 322 Apr 24th, 2017

It's a bit grim today!

#afternoon #monday #clouds #spring #castle #storm #april

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Jan 4th, 2016

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Day 3 Jan 4th, 2016

Storm Force 10

The shipping forecast CROMARTY Gale Warning: Gale warning issued 3 January 21:53 UTC Southeasterly storm force 10 continuing, decreasin...

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Jan 7th, 2016

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Day 6 Jan 7th, 2016

Wild skies and wild seas

The winter storms continue unabated #thursday #afternoon #storm #january #collieston

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Jan 9th, 2016

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Day 8 Jan 9th, 2016

The swede and tree

Following the recent floods on the Ythan river Newburgh beach is covered in debris, including uprooted trees and swedes washed out...

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Jan 12th, 2016

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Day 11 Jan 12th, 2016

The loneliness of the long distance pathemaker

Scottish Natural Heritage are improving one of the heavily used paths on the Sands of Forvie Reserve. T...

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Jan 14th, 2016

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Day 13 Jan 14th, 2016

Defending the beaches

An echo of war among the sand dunes behind Newburgh beach. This brick and concrete pillbox was built in 1941 to help hinder any...

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Jan 17th, 2016

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Day 16 Jan 17th, 2016

Mud, water and ice

"Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea." Great Expectations. Charles D...

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Jan 21st, 2016

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Day 19 Jan 21st, 2016

A sea potato

This is a sea potato. Sometimes called a heart urchin, and known scientifically as Echinocardium cordatum, it lives in offshore burrows i...

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Jan 23rd, 2016

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Day 21 Jan 23rd, 2016

Where old Land Rovers go to die

#afternoon #saturday #death #january #graveyard #landrover

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Jan 28th, 2016

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Day 26 Jan 28th, 2016

Flowers for the dead.

Scattering flowers on the grave of the newly buried is an ancient tradition. This Victorian statue in Inverurie graveyard shows...

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Feb 4th, 2016

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Day 32 Feb 4th, 2016

A red squirrel's breakfast table.

#thursday #afternoon #food #february #red-squirrel

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Feb 8th, 2016

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Day 36 Feb 8th, 2016

Skull of a Sumatran rhinoceros

The smallest of all rhinos, the Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis currently competes with the Javan rhino for the...

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Feb 11th, 2016

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Day 39 Feb 11th, 2016

High tide

The tides are very high at the moment and this afternoon the water was backing up along the Foveran Burn and flooding the salt marsh. #thurs...

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Feb 12th, 2016

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Day 40 Feb 12th, 2016

Tough little flowers!

The wind is howling and the rain is lashing down but the newly emerged female Hazel flowers are hanging on for grim death. Not a...

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Feb 13th, 2016

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Day 41 Feb 13th, 2016

A fine pair of legs

These are two of the legs of a human flea dating from the year 1843. Are you feeling the itch? #afternoon #saturday #legs #februar...

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Feb 19th, 2016

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Day 47 Feb 19th, 2016

Spider stubble

Up close and personal with a friendly spider; an arachnophobe's worst nightmare. #friday #evening #spider #february #spines #microscopy...

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Feb 20th, 2016

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Day 48 Feb 20th, 2016

The end of the day

The light fades over the Foveran Burn as I walk home. #afternoon #saturday #light #burn #dusk #february #foveran

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Feb 22nd, 2016

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Day 50 Feb 22nd, 2016

Capillaries

A microscopic view of the network of blood capillaries around a small bunch of muscle fibres. The capillaries have been injected with a re...

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Feb 25th, 2016

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Day 53 Feb 25th, 2016

Snow is in the air.

We woke to a covering of snow, but most of it soon melted. By the look of the sky there is more to come! #thursday #afternoon #clo...

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Feb 27th, 2016

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Day 55 Feb 27th, 2016

Scum

According to the Oxford English Dictionary scum is: A film or layer of floating matter formed upon the surface of a liquid in a state of fermenta...

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