David Stevens 🇺🇦
@davidst999.bsky.social
Amateur photographer based in Scotland with interest in nature, particularly fungi and wildlife. Nikon camera and an iPhone. All photographs my own unless otherwise stated. 🚫Porn 🚫Crypto 🚫Spam
Alan @alan678.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #RedOrDead, any bird with red in the capture but not on the bird. So here are some berry bandits aka Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus). All taken in Edinburgh, Scotland. #Birds 🪶 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
I think these are Pale brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleanus) or Common brittlestem, emerging today in one of my flower borders. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #iPhone
Here are some owls to mark #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay. So here are a Barred Owl (Strix varia), a Little Owl (Athene noctua), a Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) and a Tawny Owl (Strix aluco). More information in ALT Text. #Birds 🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #FabulousWaders set by Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social. So here are a Common Sandpiper, a Northern Lapwing, a Eurasian Oystercatcher and a Common Curlew. All waders that move inland to breed. More information in ALT Text. #Birds 🪶 #Nature #Photography #Nikon #ECK
Notes and photos from yesterday's walk round Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat now on my blog. The photo that shows with the link shows the damage caused to Salisbury Crags by the recent wildlfires craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2026/08/arth...
Arthur's Seat
We always love walking around Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh and it's sad and terrifying how often it's being hit by wildfires these days. The l...
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#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #OverTheRainbow, birds looking up as set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social. So here are some Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) striking the pose in various situations. All taken out on the Bass Rock off the east coast of Scotland. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #EgretsAndHerons, any Egret or Heron will do. So here are a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Alan H @alan678.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #YourChoice. So here is a Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) aka my alter ego! 😁
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) spotted today at rest in an East Lothian woodland. #MothsMatter #Nature #Photography #Nikon #EastLothian #Scotland
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) seen today close to an East Lothian pond. #Odonata #Dragonflies #Nature #Photography #Nikon #EastLothian #Scotland @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Give nature a voice in the Scottish Government before it’s too late ⏰ Scotland has dedicated ministers for health, education, transport, and finance. It's time we had a dedicated #MinisterForNature Add your name to @scotrewilding.bsky.social open letter 👉
Scotland Needs a Nature Minister
This year Scotland signed off on the Natural Environment Act, setting up a framework to create nature recovery targets. Now, it’s up to the new government to create targets that will lead to the…
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Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #MultiColour, birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage. So hjere is a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) taken in West Lothian, Scotland. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon #WestLothian #Scotland #UKWildlife #ECK
Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) aka Fireweed. At it's peak now. These taken yesterday evening between Mount Lothian and Toxside Moss in Midlothian, Scotland. #WildFlowerHour #Nature #Photography
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EmeraldBackdrop as set by Alan H @alan678.bsky.social, images where the background colour is green. So here is a little Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) taken one morning along the Figgate Burn, Portobello, Edinburgh. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) seen yesterday evening on moorland in Midlothian. Huge numbers of them feeding on the flowers and leaves of Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea). #MothsMatter #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Midlothian #Scotland #UKWildlife
Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has set today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as #Grey. Here is a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) fruiting on a fallen tree today in The Scottish Wildlife Trusts’ Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon @scotwildlife.bsky.social
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, courtesy of Alan H @alan678.bsky.social, is #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets. So here are a Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), a Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) and a Snowy Egret (Egretta thula). #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hare coursing. The scourge of the countryside and the extent to which these violent criminals go.
Gangs, violence and dumped dead animals: The hidden world of illegal hare hunts
Farmers describe attacks and police receive nearly 9,000 reports of banned hare coursing.
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An Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) taken recently in Massachusetts. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Massachusetts
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #OneTwoThreeFour, 4 photos with 1, 2, 3, 4 birds, each photo being the same bird/s. Here are a set of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) taken out on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve, Scotland. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #Nikon
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) gliding majestically across a Massachusetts pond. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Massachusetts
Alan H @alan678.bsky.social has set today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as #EyeOfTheWild, piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of the portrait. So here is a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) deep in a bush in the Florida Everglades. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #SittingDownOnTheJob. Here's a Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) doing just that! 😂 #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Fans of the Outlander series might recognise this as a film location. It is Preston Mill in the beautiful East Lothian village of East Linton east of Edinburgh. Managed by the National Trust for Scotland. #Outlander #EastLothian #Scotland
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) seen today along the River Tyne at East Linton. #Odonata #Dragonflies #Demoiselle #Nature #Photography #Nikon #EastLothian #Scotland
