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Apr 30th, 2017

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Day 327 Apr 30th, 2017

Yesterday I mentioned the electronic gizmo built into some cameras which allows us some idea of what the world would look like if we could see only on...

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Nov 1st, 2017

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Day 351 Nov 1st, 2017

The gull on the bridge on the river Ythan

A remarkably tame black-headed gull. #portrait #outdoors #nature #afternoon #bird #wednesday #animal #wild #...

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Jan 31st, 2016

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Day 28 Jan 31st, 2016

The Sea of Tranquility

The River Ythan meets the North Sea #afternoon #sunday #january

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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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Jun 15th, 2016

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Day 162 Jun 15th, 2016

Wet, wet, wet

A photograph, taken through the kitchen window, which sums up today pretty well. It has poured down all night and shows no sign of abati...

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Sep 9th, 2017

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Day 349 Sep 9th, 2017

The Shiprow, Aberdeen

This street art is near the docks in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the work of Alice Pasquini who, according to Prof. Google is a mu...

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Feb 6th, 2016

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Day 34 Feb 6th, 2016

The trouble with birds

I think we're in real trouble. I don't know how this started or why, but I know it's here and we'd be crazy to ignore it... The...

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May 16th, 2016

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Day 132 May 16th, 2016

I've seen the light - and it's yellow!

Out for a ride on my push-bike this morning; the landscape is very yellow at the moment! The rank smell of the...

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Nov 1st, 2016

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Day 204 Nov 1st, 2016

Autumn

#afternoon #tuesday #november

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Dec 8th, 2016

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Day 241 Dec 8th, 2016

The close of the day

Towards the end of the day, the landscape photographers were busily adjusting their ND filters at the mouth of the Ythan. #thursd...

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Dec 12th, 2016

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Day 244 Dec 12th, 2016

Betwixt Heaven and Earth

#nature #afternoon #landscape #monday #blue #moon #sky #sunrise #cloud #sunset #heaven #december #earth #dusk #light-effect

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Jan 19th, 2017

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Day 278 Jan 19th, 2017

My friend Gulli

Lovely day, cool, sunny and blue skies. On my way to the beach I had a chat with my black-headed friend. He tells me that he is much m...

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Jan 20th, 2017

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Day 279 Jan 20th, 2017

The tetrapylon of Palmyra

More bad news from Palmyra, the ancient Roman city in the Syrian desert. Militants from the Islamic State group have destroy...

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Feb 6th, 2017

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Day 296 Feb 6th, 2017

Not on speaking terms?

The pair of collared doves Streptopelia decaocto who share their garden with us don't seem to be on speaking terms this morning...

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Mar 11th, 2016

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Day 68 Mar 11th, 2016

Hazel's sex life

The Hazels are well into flower, spring must be here. Hazel trees are monoecious, with both male and female flowers on the same tree....

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May 10th, 2016

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Day 126 May 10th, 2016

Seabird city.

Another glorious day here in the North pf Scotland. The sea birds are busy nesting on the local cliffs and this was the scene at Hackley...

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Jul 27th, 2016

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Day 182 Jul 27th, 2016

The Great British Divide

Down in the City of London the young herring gulls will doubtless be feasting on the fine remnants of Michelin-starred expens...

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Jan 15th, 2017

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Day 274 Jan 15th, 2017

Global trade

Spanish lemon. South African orange. Italian alabaster. British black velvet. As seen through a Japanese Camera, processed on an American...

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Feb 2nd, 2017

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Day 292 Feb 2nd, 2017

It's all a matter of scale

Rock and sand have the most wonderful fractal properties. Are we looking into a fledging cave in a cliff at the top of the...

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Apr 5th, 2017

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Day 316 Apr 5th, 2017

Eider ducks, grey seals and a ship

#afternoon #wednesday #april #seals #ythan #sandpiper #wading-bird #ruddy-turnstone #turnstone #shorebird #red-back...

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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 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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Mar 30th, 2016

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Day 86 Mar 30th, 2016

The red spot

The red spot on a herring gull's beak has played an important, but controversial role in the study of animal behaviour. John Whitfield wr...

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Apr 4th, 2016

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Day 91 Apr 4th, 2016

A smelly yet beautiful plant.

The flowering currant Ribes sanguineum, which is native to North America, was introduced into cultivation by the 19th ce...

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