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TMBtrain

@hmcclaff.bsky.social

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Hiker, nature lover, sunny days. Photos my own unless reposts. I don't do AI. No DMs plz. Physiology research full time and MSc student in Wildlife Biology and Conservation in spare time. Groups: sccan.scot/easterbreichwood/ avnatureaction.wordpress.com

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 3d

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 3d

Looks quite big in the grass. Seems to be a good year for them!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you it was lovely in the sunshine. Lots of mushrooms 🍄 😃

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful photo, great capture 👌

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The Flowers of Marquette @flowersofmarquette.bsky.social · 6d

To me, this almost seems like the floral equivalent of an ice cream sundae.

But maybe that's just me.

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #flowersarenoticecream

A picture of a vividly magenta and yellow flower in front of a bunch of greenery. It looks yummy in the way most flowers usually don't.

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Mark @markmoeskops.bsky.social · 6d

Nog eentje uit de vlindertuin in Grevenmacher😍 🦋
#butterfly
#natuur

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Mina @mariemina2010.bsky.social · 6d

#ForestFriday #Autumn
#Herbst im #Wald

Im Wald. Blick auf einen bemoosten kleinen Hügel, darauf stehen mehrere kleine hellbraune Pilze. Rechts dahinter sieht man eine Ansammlung von braunem Herbstlaub. Links oberhalb ein Waldweg voller Laub und Bäume mit gelben Blättern. Dadurch scheint blauer Himmel.

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 6d

#BeeFriday Would you like to see an Icelandic bumblebee? Sure you do! Here's a pic of the only one I saw in September last year. I was beginning to question what was doing the pollinating until I saw it! What tough little creatures they are 😊🐝 #Fridaybee #invertebrate

One of the white-tailed bumblebees. The bee sits on a dandelion, side on to the camera facing right, wings folded over its back. It has a yellow collar, a white/grey band at the back of the thorax, a yellow band on its abdomen and a white tail.

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 6d

@edinbirdwatcher.bsky.social thank you for reposting!

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 6d

Yes I listened to it while I was getting ready for work, well done on that!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 7d

Hopefully, fingers crossed for you!
I've just reposted the group advert but we're heading to a beautiful ancient woodland thats a SSSI site beside Mid Calder. Old birch and oak with a couple of spectacular beech trees 😊

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 7d

This Sunday at 2pm 👇😀 #westlothian #SSSI #Calderwood #naturewalk #Ramble&Chat #autumn

Almond Valley Nature Action (AVNA) @avnatureaction.bsky.social · 25d

October Ramble & Chat

Autumnal walk in Calderwood Join us for a slow paced walk in Calderwood, Mid Calder on Sunday 12 October 2025. This is an opportunity to spend some time in nature, exploring this ancient woodland and enjoying the beautiful autumnal colours. We will meet at the Mid Calder…

October Ramble & Chat

Autumnal walk in Calderwood Join us for a slow paced walk in Calderwood, Mid Calder on Sunday 12 October 2025. This is an opportunity to spend some time in nature, exploring this ancient woodland and enjoying the beautiful autumnal colours. We will meet at the Mid Calder entrance to Almondell and Calderwood Country park, just off the car park. We will then follow the path towards Calderwood and explore the circular, yellow waymarked hazel Trail.

avnatureaction.wordpress.com

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 7d

I'm afraid not. Severely lacking in time at the moment with study. Sunday is my one outing this weekend with the Almond Valley nature group at Calderwood. Good luck to you, I'll look out for your post if you see it!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 9d

#thicktrunktuesday this tree guards the entrance to a bridge over the railway at Culloden Wood.

A large tree with a forked trunk stands at the entrance to a footbridge which is only visible to the viewer as 2 curved walls. To cross the bridge the tree must be stepped around. There is a large boulder at it's base. The tree is mostly in shade while the background is in full sunshine.

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah 😄, first time I've noticed this!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 17d

Ah thanks!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18d

I'd love to know what's going on here! What's making these patterns? Anyone know? #bugsky #wychelm #invertebrate

A green leaf of a wych elm tree has been nibbled in a pattern with a hole in-between each vein of the leaf.

More nibbling of leaves inbetween the veins. It appears whatever is responsible will eventually be able to remove part of the leaf.

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18d

Ah I see! Mine barely grew in the first place, then I thought it was going to give up. Hope you had a good day with the raptors!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you 😊 I'm just wondering now what is left to pollinate it with it being so late! Did your sunflowers not flower?

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 18d

My sunflower finally got there! It was the only one to have grown from the several that I planted. The photo on the left is from Wednesday, and on the right photo taken on Friday. #SundayYellow #sunflower

A close up photo of a sunflower that has not yet opened. The petals are folded in overlapping each other.

Photo of the opened sunflower with longer yellow petals on one side and shorter petals on the other.

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Bath Nature @bathnature.bsky.social · 19d

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom in Stockhill Wood near Priddy, a short drive from #Bath #Somerset #UK
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #fungi #mushroom #flyagaric

Fly Agaric mushroom - a red mushroom with white spots

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 20d

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

-Helen Keller

the top of a single black tree with a single white cloud above it.

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20d

Great photo!

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TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20d

Wow thats quite striking!

TMBtrain @hmcclaff.bsky.social · 20d

😊👋🐝