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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you!

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 13h

@astroroyalscot.bsky.social

Almost full #supermoon from my back garden in #Stirling 06:00am 7th #October 2025. #harvestmoon #huntersmoon

Full moon emerging from clouds in very early morning light.

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 6d

@britmycolsoc.org.uk

Some fine #fungus in #ScottishBorders today.

Four images of fungus growing in Scottish Borders area.

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 7d

@slowwaysuk.bsky.social
#RoxburghViaduct crossing the #RiverTeviot in #ScottishBorders. Part of the dismantled #Kelso line. Now a great #walking #path

A disused railway viaduct crossing a river in Scottish Borders. Now a walking path

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 9d

@wtscotsocial.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @treesforlife.bsky.social

Beautiful #spindle berries in #Stirling
#euonymuseuropaeus #autumn #nativetrees

The fruit of a spindle tree. Bright pink before opening to orange. Growing in Stirling

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 12d

The original platform of #Dollar #station on the closed #DevonValleyRailway. Now a #foot, #cycle & #bridle path it runs from #Alloa to #Dollar #Clackmannanshire @slowwaysuk.bsky.social

The platform of a demolished railway station on a now closed railway line in central Scotland

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 21d

www.blipfoto.com/entry/330918...

It's very appealing

Quadricephalus | Tweedy

A piece of sandstone with four carved heads. It dates from c.300-600 CE and was found in Abernethy. It now resides in Perth Museum. Pictish in...

www.blipfoto.com

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · 26d

It's the #Edinburgh #Kiktwalk 2025 on Sunday. I'm #kiktwalkingvas usual for #EquipowerCentralScotlandRDA
#RDA is a life-changing organisation.
Here is the #goodhub #fundraising page for any donation you can make. Thank you!
www.goodhub.com/go/equi-powe...

www.goodhub.com

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Aug 30

@rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Gannet at #TroupHead #Aberdeenshire

A gannet perching on the cliff top at RSPB Troup Head Aberdeenshire

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Aug 10

@louisewelsh00.bsky.social thank you for a splendid event at #EdinburghBookFestival today. #WhoOwnstheClyde is inspiring. Your description of the #Clyde in #Glasgow resonates with the #Forth in #Stirling. The #Forth is far from a dead river here but is disconnected from the town. I must try harder!

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Aug 4

@papayranger.bsky.social
Annual visit to #Papay #PapaWestray last week. Just a day trip from #Pierowall #Westray. Glorious as ever
Loved the #archive.
#KelpStore
#SouthWick
#KnapofHowar

An archive of residents of Papay (Papa Westray), Orkney held at the Kelp Store on the island. Photo shows ring binders, one for each house on the isle

The beach at South Wick, Papa Westray, Orkney. Photo shows sweep of white sand, wildflowers and a few houses

Neolithic site on Papa Westray, Orkney. Photo looks across the water to the island of Westray.

A deserted beach on the Orkney island of Papa Westray

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · May 7

@anlanntair.bsky.social first visit here for many years. Delighted that you're so #dogfriendly as well as #glutenfree. What a lovely space

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Apr 2

Many thanks Senator Booker. I'm not an American nor a US citizen but I acknowledge your work. Strength to you.

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Feb 23

@seabirdcentre.bsky.social

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Feb 23

@rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
#FebruaryBirdoftheMonth #Redshank #Tringatotanus spotted in #NorthBerwick #EastLothian today
@eastlothiangreens.bsky.social @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social

A redshank, wading bird on a golf course in East Lothian.

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Feb 23

@rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
#FebruaryBirdoftheMonth #Redshank #Tringatotanus spotted in #NorthBerwick #EastLothian today
@eastlothiangreens.bsky.social @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Jan 10

@rspbscotland.bsky.social #kestrel in #Stirling this morning. Looking for its breakfast in a frozen #KingsPark

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Jan 6

@scotwildlife.bsky.social
A regular visitor to the middle of #Stirling enjoying the chilly water of the #RiverForth today #seal

A seal surfacing from the cold dark water of the River Forth in Stirling

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Jan 5

@plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Two good winter spots in #Dunblane today. #JellyEarFungus fruiting and #WitchHazel flowering
#Auriculariaauricula & #hamamelismollis

Jelly ear fungus on an elder tree. A strange translucent brown fungus which looks a bit like a human ear

Winter flowering witch hazel - yellow flowers which look a bit like a pom pom

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Jan 5

@orkneylibrary.bsky.social
So pleased to see you here. Yours was always one of my favourite accounts on the bird site.
Happy New Year!

Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Jan 3

@bsbibotany.bsky.social I know the #NewYearPlantHunt is all over for 2025 but #groundsel flowering 03.01.25 in #Stirling

Groundsel flowering in January. Spotted in a field in Stirling. A yellow flower and green leaves

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Jan 1

@bsbibotany.bsky.social

01.01.25 ivy showing some late flowers in #Stirling

Thanks for the #newyearplanthunt

Common ivy with some late flowers and unripe fruits on January 1st 2025. Seen in Stirling

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Dec 31

That's a hard one. I'm going for #OldBeacon, the third ever #lighthouse built in #Scotland. It's on #NorthRonaldsay, #Orkney. But there were so many contenders. If you enjoy photography think about joining #Blipfoto www.blipfoto.com

An old and now disused stone built lighthouse on North Ronaldsay, Orkney.

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Dec 30

@bsbibotany.bsky.social #pulmonaria #lungwort flowering early in #Stirling. Naturalised in a public space, a woodland garden by the #RiverForth

Pulmonaria flowering in a woodland garden in Stirling. It is an early bloomer but December is really early

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Dec 29

Also:
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...

In hopeless times, we can never afford to lose hope | AL Kennedy

As democracy’s opponents peddle hate, anger and division, our job is to act like citizens of a better country

www.theguardian.com

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Sue Dumbleton @stirlingriversider.bsky.social · Dec 29

A lot of this article resonates with me. The 2017 anti-Trump protest in Edinburgh seems an age ago. I was furious then but I don't have that same energy this time. I need to shake myself because what's the point if we merely shrug and accept. I like the idea of cleaving to principles.

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