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Apr 3rd, 2016

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Day 90 Apr 3rd, 2016

Enjoy them whilst you can!

These are the black winter buds of the ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Sadly these magnificent trees are in great danger of...

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Jan 27th, 2016

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Day 25 Jan 27th, 2016

Scottish tattie for sale

Photographer Kevin Abosch has sold a photograph of an Irish spud on top of a black background for 1 million euros. The photog...

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Mar 10th, 2016

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Day 67 Mar 10th, 2016

If you go down in the woods today ...

The fungi are pretty thin on the ground at this time of the year. All I could find this morning was this little...

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Feb 14th, 2016

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Day 42 Feb 14th, 2016

A fleshy pair of legs

Another dip into the micro world. This is a pair of prolegs of a currant moth caterpillar which met its end in 1876 when it was...

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Apr 15th, 2016

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Day 101 Apr 15th, 2016

A Kelpie

On our way to Spain, via Glasgow Airport, we called in to see the Kelpies at Falkirk.To say that we were impressed would be an understatement...

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Apr 30th, 2016

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Day 116 Apr 30th, 2016

Dead wood and sea milkwort

This little plant is sea-milkwort Glaux maritima, which lives in sand and shingle near to the high tide mark. At the end of...

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Jan 24th, 2017

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Day 283 Jan 24th, 2017

To be afraid, or not to be afraid?

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." Alexander the...

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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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Dec 3rd, 2016

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Day 236 Dec 3rd, 2016

A story of tallow, rifles and banknotes.

Beef and mutton tallow (rendered beef or mutton fat) are causing problems for the British once again. Back in...

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Jan 18th, 2016

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Day 17 Jan 18th, 2016

Patterns in the sand

Sand patterns on Newburgh beach #afternoon #monday #beach #january #sand #patterns #newburgh

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May 12th, 2016

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Day 128 May 12th, 2016

Cuckoo Flowers

The Cuckoo Flowers, a.k.a. Lady's Smock are now in flower on our rough bit of grass. The Bard mentioned them in his Love’s Labour’s Los...

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Apr 24th, 2016

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Day 110 Apr 24th, 2016

Back to reality

Back in Scotland I have spent the morning sorting out the photographs from our few days in Spain. Today's photograph is of bitter Sevi...

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Mar 7th, 2016

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Day 64 Mar 7th, 2016

We are all in it together!

The austerity measures inflicted on us by the kindly Mr Osborne and his various Old Etonian chums, are working wonders and...

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Apr 6th, 2016

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Day 93 Apr 6th, 2016

The Dahlia Anemone

We spent much of the day at the splendid marine aquarium at Macduff. This is the colourful Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina. We think...

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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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Mar 13th, 2016

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Day 70 Mar 13th, 2016

Beach combing

The two shell valves of a common cockle, Cerastoderma edule, cast up on the fore-shore. #afternoon #sunday #beach #march #newburgh #cock...

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Jul 28th, 2016

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Day 183 Jul 28th, 2016

Banged up

We spent the afternoon at our area's latest tourist attraction - Peterhead Convict Prison. Peterhead Convict Prison was built around 1888 an...

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Jan 24th, 2016

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Day 22 Jan 24th, 2016

Returning to Nature

#afternoon #sunday #january #decay #derelict

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Mar 29th, 2016

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Day 85 Mar 29th, 2016

A colonial animal

Another photograph of a marine Bryozoan, possibly Flustra foliacea although I'm not sure. Bryozoans are tiny animals that belong to...

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Apr 9th, 2016

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Day 96 Apr 9th, 2016

The blue narcissus

A couple of days ago my grandson was asking about how plants suck up water from the soil. To try to answer the question, at least i...

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May 2nd, 2016

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Day 118 May 2nd, 2016

May showers

A heavy shower of rain over the lake at Haddo House in Aberdeenshire. #afternoon #lake #monday #rain #shower #may #haddo-house

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Dec 26th, 2016

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Day 257 Dec 26th, 2016

19 Crimes

Another Christmas day has come and gone with much giving and receiving of gifts. My daughter's partner presented me with this excellent bott...

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Jan 20th, 2016

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Day 18 Jan 20th, 2016

A cockle shell

A shell of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule on Newburgh beach. #afternoon #wednesday #shell #january #cockle #mollusc

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Apr 13th, 2016

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Day 99 Apr 13th, 2016

A very small halibut

This is a small, 2 inch long carving of a a halibut fish (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) made by an Inuit craftsman. The interest lie...

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