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Daniel Stunell
@danielstunell.bsky.social
Researcher, Evaluator, Policy Analyst, Critical Thinker | Environment & Social Science | Mountains & Photos

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Midwinter light in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland. Taken on the winter solstice - a walk that ended, predictably, in the dark. If I could photo edit, it might be a better photo, but here it is for now...

#scape #landscape #mountains #mountaineering #photography #winter #EastCoastKin
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Taken *in* the mountains but not a photo *of* mountains today. Iconic #marmots / #marmottes in the Alps this summer.

#France #wildlife #nature #photography #mountains #mountaineering #EastCoastKin
February 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Cascade de Luc, Cantal, #France, for #WaterfallWednesday. Great waterfall, with a somewhat treacherous (but short) approach path.

#waterfalls #water #forest #photography #landscape #scape #EastCoastKin
February 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Upended strata pile-up in the Alps for #RockinTuesday. Parc National des Écrins (Yes, again! I had a fab time there last summer!), #France. Pointe des Estaris/Crête de Martinet (from the other side from yesterday...)

#mountains #mountaineering #geology #landscape #scape #photography #EastCoastKin
February 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
February 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Aiguille de Cédera (left), Parc National des Écrins, #France, August. #stunday

#mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #photography #EastCoastKin
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
January 31, 2026 at 10:11 PM
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Late afternoon light and the summit of Ben Lui, Highlands, #Scotland, for #MountainMonday. A December trip a few years ago.

#mountains #mountaineering #winter #snow #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
#Sunset near #Cairngorms ski centre a few winters ago, as the last kilometre of my walk ended up on the road but with an amazing skyscape. #Stunday

#mountains #mountaineering #snow #winter #photography #Scotland #EastCoastKin
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Pré de Madame Carle in Parc National des Écrins, #France, in September for #scape.

#mountains #mountaineering #landscape #clouds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Exploring the focus stacking feature on my camera... Still not mastered it, but improving...
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp

#photography #plants #succulents
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A once and future forest with a lone survivor high on the mountains: a Scots pine beneath Creag Mac Ranaich. Big trees can grow up here, but overgrazing (sheep or deer) prevent regeneration. #ThickTrunkTuesday

#Scotland #trees #nature #photography #mountains #mountaineering #EastCoastKin
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Rocks and pebbles atop glacier smoothed bedrock for #RockinTuesday. Barre des Écrins, #France.

#mountains #mountaineering #glaciers #geology #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Ben Nevis, Highlands, #Scotland, for #MountainMonday. April (I think) a few years ago, *not* current conditions! Taken from Càrn Mòr Dearg.

#mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #snow #winter #EastCoastKin
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
In the air, above the water, and what could be more natural than that? #BirdOfTheDay #natural
A very dreich day in the Forth esturary, but a first visit to Cambus Pools nature reserve which I would now like to revisit in sunshine...

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #EastCoastKin
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I don't usually, but I have one that fits the bill perfectly: #BirdOfTheDay #BlackAndWhite

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
A very angry ent in a long deforested glen. #ThickTrunkTuesday
Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chroin brush the clouds on the sky line.

#Scotland #trees #mountains #mountaineering #landscape #scape #nature #stories #photography #EastCoastKin
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Rannoch Moor, Highlands, #Scotland, seen from Stob a' Choire Odhair, late December 2025. Rannoch Moor was the site of the last ice field in Britain at the end of the last glaciation. Here it has only a thick frost. #scape #landscape #mountains #photography #winter #EastCoastKin
January 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
A #ptarmigan (in summer) in the #Cairngorms for #MountainMonday. Unusually, this is a case where the Gaelic name has been adopted into English, which says a lot about the distribution of this species in the British Isles.
#mountains #mountaineering #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Scotland
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM