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Angus MacAulay
@angusj.bsky.social
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Native Gàidhlig speaker. Gàidhlig gu leòr.
I take photos for fun, mostly birds.
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A table of overnight wind speeds posted by Western Isles and Tiree Weather on Facebook with speeds ranging from 108mph on Aonach Mòr to 61 in a few places including Fair Isle. South Uist was 83 and Benbecula 74
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Good morning all. I think Paddy is trying to get my attention. #Cats
My cat up on his hind legs waving his right paw at me. Grey striped cat. Right cheek, neck and tummy are white, as is his left ‘foot’. My own toes wearing black socks are seen standing on and orange and brown striped rug.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Good afternoon all. Photo taken around 0930 today. #Benbecula #Uist #Hebrides #Scotland #Sunrise
Looking SE at a dark cloudy sky with golden rays of sunshine radiating down towards a strip of calm silvery sea. Dark foreground.
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Good evening. A beautiful, almost cloudless day in #Uist today. Stunning sunset, and, an hour later the colours in the sky are still amazing. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland #Sunset
The sun just disappearing over the north end of South Uist. Dark foreground with a small loch to the right reflecting the sky. A few silhouettes of houses visible against the orange sky. Moving up from the horizon the the sky changes gradually to a blue grey colour. A neighbour’s house silhouetted against an orange sky background. Moving up from the horizon the colours in the sky change gradually from orange/yellow/purple/dark blue
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Good morning. The moon,and if one looks closely, Jupiter at around 6 am. Clouded over and raining now. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland
Phone photo of the moon with concentric halos with Jupiter quite close to it at around 7 o’clock (that’s angle, not time!). Lights from the north end of South Uist visible at bottom of photo. Phone photo of the moon with concentric halos with Jupiter quite close to it at around 7 o’clock (that’s angle, not time!). Phone photo of the moon with concentric halos with Jupiter quite close to it at around 7 o’clock (that’s angle, not time!).
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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In Scottish politics • Bain Principle: A convention established by Scottish Labour MP Willie Bain stating that Scottish Labour MPs should not support motions from the Scottish National Party (SNP), even if the motion is popular. This was famously revealed when Labour MPs did not oppose a Tory tax cut for millionaires, as it would have meant siding with the SNP
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Feanag ghlas/Hoodie craw/Hooded crow. Take your pick! #Birds
Photo taken through a rain covered kitchen window so not perfect 😂
A wet looking Hooded Crow standing on the top bar of a galvanised gate, facing the camera. Out of focus dull grey/green grassy background
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Autumn light. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland
Photo taken from my front door yesterday evening before sunset. Sun in among some dark clouds with rays radiating towards the ground. Dark foreground with a small loch in the middle distance. Blue sky in the left quadrant of the photo and a few houses silhouetted on the horizon
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Autumn light. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland
The sun, low in the sky, hiding behind and anvil shaped cloud. Blue sky background, and the whole thing reflected in the wet sand below.
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Good morning.
The sun rising behind the Cuillins of Skye this morning. #sunrise #Scotland #Hebrides #Benbecula
The sun just appearing from behind the Cuillins Hills of Skye with clear orange Skye immediately above and above that again thick cloud catching the orange sunlight. Zoomed photo taken from Benbecula.
October 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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The news is so depressing these days. Here’s some #bird photos from today in #Benbecula #Scotland to cheer you up.
Meadow pipit standing in sunshine on the corner of a galvanised gate Goldfinch standing in sunshine high up on a thin willow branch. Blackbird standing in sunshine on a faded wooden fence rail Greenfinch standing in sunshine on a thin willow branch
September 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#RedAdmiral. There are quite a few around but they don’t seem to like being photographed, however I found a cooperative one 😂
Red Admiral sitting on flowering ragwort with its wings spread.
September 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Nature is so amazing 🤩.
#Spiders #SpiderWebs
A phone photo of a field of mainly rushes and rough grass covered in spiders’ webs as far as the eye can see. The webs themselves are covered in dewdrops which are catching the low, early morning sunlight. Early morning mist lifting over the sea in the background. A close up of dew covered spiders’ webs clinging to the rushes.
August 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Good afternoon. What a difference a day makes! Heavy rain and blowing a gale atm. Photo of the heron taken yesterday am. #GreyHeron #birds #Benbecula #Scotland
A grey heron standing in the sunshine on a submerged rock giving the appearance of standing on the water with its reflection below. Its neck is pulled into an S shape and it’s peering into the still water. It’s standing beside a rough stone dyke protruding into the loch (“ceann mara” in Gaidhlig) and marking the boundary between two crofts. At the far left hand end of the dyke is a fence post leaning to the right at an angle of approx 30 degrees. The fence wire that would have been attached to it is long gone. A bit of muddy bank with orangy coloured rocks and a covering of green grass in the background.
August 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Screenshot of locked phone screen. Closeup of the face of a short eared owl. Blue sky background
July 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Oak eggar moth. #moth
Oak eggar moth in among a patch of mixed rough grasses.
July 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Rescued from my polytunnel yesterday. Apparently a Banded Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus investigator). Correct me if I’m wrong 😂.
A shiny black beetle about 25/30mm long with orange bandings, I believe belonging to a group known as burying beetles. I’m not up to speed with the anatomy of beetles so probably best consult a reliable source for more information.
July 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Breezy but beautiful in Benbecula this morning. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland
Photo from SE Benbecula looking over the South Ford towards South Uist. High tide. Grey lichen covered rocks in the foreground. Turquoise sea with some white tops on the waves. A light mist on distant Beinn Mhòr. Blue sky with about 50% fluffy white/grey clouds. Black and white photo of bay with silvery waves. Grey rocky foreshore. Small headland with some fence posts in the middle distance
June 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Forward facing Grey Heron. #birds #ForwardFacing
A grey heron flying directly towards the camera. Grey/blue sky background
June 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Forward facing Hen Harrier. I might have posted this previously. #birds
A hen harrier flying directly towards the camera over a grassy field with some green bracken in the background.
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Hello all. #HenHarrier #Birds #Benbecula
Male hen harrier flying left to right over a grassy field, left wing raised giving a good view of the black wing tip. Male hen harrier flying over a grassy field towards the camera, wings outstretched
June 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Lapwing. #Birds #Lapwing #Benbecula
Lapwing sitting in long rough grass with just head, neck, chest and a bit of its back visible. Grassy foreground with some cotton grass and grey rocks. Blue/grey sky. Lapwing in flight, flying right to left.
June 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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White tailed eagle. #Birds #WhiteTailedEagle #Benbecula
A white tailed eagle flying directly overhead. Flying right to left in the photo. Photo cropped square. Body lined roughly central and the spread out wings roughly between vertical and diagonal in the photo. Cloudless blue sky background.
June 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Good evening. #Redshank #birds #Benbecula
A redshank facing slightly to the right, wading in almost flat calm blue water with rings of ripples around it. There’s a small rock,covered in green algae, protruding just in front of it. A redshank wading in calm blue water, encircled in ripples facing towards the left of the photo, left leg raised almost completely out of the water. Its reflection is quite clear underneath. Some dark mud and small stones in the foreground
May 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Good evening. #birds #RedBreastedMerganser #Benbecula.
They were having a lot of trouble keeping some single males away. It reminded me of village hall dances in #Uist back in the day. Too many males/not enough females 😂
A male red-breasted merganser standing on the he mud. He’s just come ashore to preen himself. Facing the camera, head tilted to the left. Male red-breasted merganser swimming towards the left. Grey/silvery water Female red-breasted merganser swimming towards the left on grey/silvery water. Male and female red-breasted mergansers swimming towards the left. Grey/silvery water. Some small rocks at the extreme right of the photo.
May 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM