Talpa

Jan 26th, 2016

#24

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Day 24 Jan 26th, 2016

At the seaside

#afternoon #tuesday #sea #storm #january #collieston

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Feb 7th, 2016

#35

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Day 35 Feb 7th, 2016

Imogen makes her entrance

Since November 2015 the UK Met Office and Met Éireann, the Irish Met Service have been running a pilot project to name wind...

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Jan 16th, 2016

#15

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Day 15 Jan 16th, 2016

The North Sea: Newburgh Beach

Why go to Bali when you could go to Newburgh beach? Well, for a starter, the food is better in Bali and the wind doesn't...

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Jan 18th, 2017

#277

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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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Jan 30th, 2016

#27

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Day 27 Jan 30th, 2016

On Golden Beach

Patterns in the sand at low tide. #afternoon #saturday #sea #sunrise #beach #january #sand

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Jan 24th, 2017

#283

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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 4th, 2016

#3

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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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Feb 18th, 2017

#308

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Day 308 Feb 18th, 2017

Golfers be afraid, be very, very afraid!

Our village has a fine, traditional links golf course. This is an area of rough; as rough as rough gets. #aft...

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May 26th, 2016

#142

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Day 142 May 26th, 2016

Blue, yellow and green

Mix the blue of the sky with the yellow of the rape-seed and you get the green of the grass. The Universe works in such interes...

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Apr 4th, 2017

#315

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Day 315 Apr 4th, 2017

The Leper Lily

#afternoon #tuesday #garden #flower #plant #spring #floral #petal #blossom #orchid #april #bloom #lily #flora #botany #lilly #fritillar...

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Jan 29th, 2017

#288

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Day 288 Jan 29th, 2017

Gulls on the scrounge

My good friend Gulli was on guard duty on the bridge this afternoon, ably assisted by his alter ego. #nature #afternoon #bird #l...

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Feb 5th, 2017

#295

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Day 295 Feb 5th, 2017

In the dunes and on the beach

The mouth of the Ythan estuary with its surrounding sand dunes is a pretty idyllic place. #outdoors #nature #afternoon #...

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Mar 4th, 2016

#61

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Day 61 Mar 4th, 2016

The 19th hole

The village golf course was totally deserted today, unsurprisingly given the threatening sky looming over the clubhouse. It's a big sky,...

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Mar 3rd, 2016

#60

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Day 60 Mar 3rd, 2016

Our local wreck

Number 1, I distinctly said hard a PORT! #thursday #afternoon #error #march #estuary #shipwreck #navigation #ythan

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Jan 25th, 2017

#284

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Day 284 Jan 25th, 2017

Life at the harbour

When photographic inspiration is seriously lacking I tend to gravitate to Peterhead harbour where I can always find something of i...

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Jan 11th, 2016

#10

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Day 10 Jan 11th, 2016

Commuting

I do believe that it has stopped raining! A lone helicopter en-route from a North Sea oil rig to Aberdeen International Airport. The passeng...

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Feb 22nd, 2017

#312

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Day 312 Feb 22nd, 2017

The lone bait digger

The beach was empty this afternoon apart from this one sea angler digging up lugworms for use as bait. #afternoon #landscape #wat...

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Feb 24th, 2017

#314

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Day 314 Feb 24th, 2017

Another lone bait digger

Following on from my recent "lone bait digger", here is another one. This time a real professional, the oyster catcher. There...

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May 13th, 2017

#332

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Day 332 May 13th, 2017

Wet wort

The haar (sea fog) came in overnight and is still with us, creating attractive droplets on the plants in the garden, including this St John's...

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Jul 1st, 2016

#175

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Day 175 Jul 1st, 2016

Lame ducks

The American politician George C. Wallace once stated that "I am the lamest lame duck there could be". Well George, be warned that at the m...

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Jan 23rd, 2017

#282

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Day 282 Jan 23rd, 2017

Waves of existence

Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Chief...

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Feb 16th, 2017

#306

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Day 306 Feb 16th, 2017

All that glisters is not gold

I collected this Golden Cowrie shell from a coral reef in Fiji over 45 years ago. The Golden Cowrie Lyncina aurantium qu...

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Mar 14th, 2016

#71

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Day 71 Mar 14th, 2016

The crocus

Three winters ago our village gardening group spent several very muddy days planting 1000s of crocus bulbs. We are now reaping the benefits...

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Nov 21st, 2016

#224

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Day 224 Nov 21st, 2016

Strange Clouds

#nature #afternoon #landscape #monday #sky #clouds #sunset #frost #november

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