Redskies

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Stray wee cat, happy in the sun.

Buddy, rolling round in the sun, in the middle of a road, where cars get drove.

“I am a black and white cat. I will roll around on a step”

“I am a ginger cat. I will roll around in the middle of the fucking road”.

In a blue crate, a tabby cat sits behind the wrecked door of a wicker cat carrier.

The cat looks over the door at the camera.

The cat loafs behind the door. Note that unusual spot of pigment in the corner of his eye. Made identifying him easy as he hadn’t been chipped.

After months missing after escaping from his new home, look who we trapped again? #Brady #FosterCat. All grown up and only a little wild. I can hardly believe it! 🥳🤩😻🐈

Looking from the hill across to the sea, the sun is bright beneath grey clouds. There was a skylark singing in the heavens.

Dark clouds loom above and a full rainbow arches across the hill.

An explosion of mackerel sky in the blue.

I’ve been hearing #skylarks today. A rain cloud followed me up the island but there was a #rainbow #uist

When your proposed source of birds comes from a different subspecies from Scandinavia, an area even cooler than the region where you want to release is and warming climate is likely to be the major extinction driver, genetics matters very bugger much actually.

The pale gold sun shines from behind the only band of cloud in the blue sky.

A ginger kitty stretches up in the sunshine to reach the antler handle of a walking stick.

Just sitting down to a leisurely breakfast when I got messaged - a cat in one of the traps. I shall leave #Claus #FosterKitten to his fun and head out. 🙄 #uist

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A Scottish woman is planning to walk 75 miles across Scotland to raise funds for three Gazan sisters who have all been offered places to study at a Scottish university 👩‍🎓

The blue sky deepens as the sun disappears in the west. There is still rainwater in the driveway ruts.

A breezy evening #uist

A young black cat lounges on a stool in front of a window beyond which grey clouds gather in the sky.

While the clouds swept over, I have been attending the #BeowulfAndBeyond seminar. #Bingo has not. 🙀😻🐈‍⬛😉

How are the rains treating you? 🧐

Of course they do... genius.

On this basis, I'm assuming, there's a retired primary school teacher out there whose antibodies could do the childhood disease equivalent of walking into the Copland Road end at Ibrox in a Celtic shirt and offering to take on all comers.

Looking along the burn to the overflowing loch, all shining in the sun.

The view from the polycrub, across the sodden field to the shining loch.

The first day of spring? #uist

The pale sun rises in a blue sky.

A young black cat sits on a stool. Beyond, the sun shines through a haze above the shining loch.

The black cat is now lying on the stool in the sunshine.

A beautiful morning, if rather windy, and a certain black kitty is basking in. 😻🐈‍⬛ #uist

A young black cat sits on a stool in front of a window beyond which rain pours down.

A ball of red wool in a wooden yarn bowl. A circular knitting needle contains a few rows of stitches.

The #rain is getting heavier and I’ve managed to start #knitting my #MeltTheIce hat. 🧶

I’m on board with this. 😋

A huge black cat has stretched out on top of me, paws elegantly crossed.

The #panther is determined that I shall not #knit. 🙀😻🐈‍⬛🧶

Plan to get seagrass re planted in Berneray #seagrass

A lighter rain than before but still soaking.

A ginger kitty lies on the duvet and gazes at me through the bars of the brass and iron bed.

A black cat with a white spot on his throat loafs on the duvet.

A calico cat stretches out in the little house on the cat tree.

The rain has returned and we’re all cosy inside. #uist 😻🐈‍⬛🐈🐈

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The ‘Pilgrim Hare’ from St. Mary’s Church at Beverley in East Yorkshire. Dating to the mid-14th century, the hare is dressed as a pilgrim, hence the title. It is thought that the carving was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #Beverley

A tight flock of red knots sweeps low over the shoreline of Lough Foyle, their pale winter plumage glowing creamy white against a soft blue-grey sea. Wings are fully outstretched and slightly blurred with motion, revealing silvery underwings edged in darker tips. Their short, straight bills point forward in unison as they bank together, yellow-green legs tucked neatly beneath streamlined bodies. Droplets of water hang in the air below them, suggesting they have just lifted from the tideline, moving as one coordinated wave over the calm coastal waters. Interesting facts about red knots: • Red knots are remarkable long-distance migrants, travelling up to 15,000 km between Arctic breeding grounds and wintering sites as far south as Africa and South America. • In breeding plumage they turn a rich brick-red on the chest and face — a dramatic change from the pale grey winter tones seen here. • Lough Foyle is an internationally important site for wintering waders, and red knots rely on estuaries like this to refuel on shellfish and small invertebrates. • They can almost double their body weight before migration, storing fat to power nonstop flights over vast distances. • Red knots often feed by touch, probing mudflats with sensitive bills to detect buried prey without needing to see it.

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore, captures of 4 or more birds in 1 photo, the Alt theme is #Blue, Blue in its plumage. Gone with Red Knots, migratory shorebirds, visit here in winter from arctic regions. #birds #EastCoastKin

Interesting facts in Alt

Beneath a cloudless sky, lark-song glass-bright in the fields, Old Fox and Pine Marten were picking the first daffodils, from the long garden lawn which sloped down to the river. It was an early March day of such sweet beauty that their flagging spirits were lifted & their hearts sang, as they filled their baskets with the pale, papery flowers.

Wind, rain, and waves on the loch.

A silver sun behind silver clouds.

The morning started miserably but at least the rain has cleared, however briefly. 💨💨💨🌧️🌧️🌦️ #uist

SO MUCH magic on the sand for about 8 minutes tonight! 🪶

Looking south from the causeway, the wet sand forms a perfect mirror. Except for the worm casts, of course.

Looking across the glittering loch to blue skies with loose cloud lanes and a white sun.

Such a fine day! #uist

Looking west, a huge skein of geese fly across the blue sky.

Countless geese in the blue winter sky.

A single sheep on the verge by my gate. When I got up, it was asleep on the bank beyond.

Something has upset the #geese #uist The #sheep is merely wondering when I’m going to open my gate again. 🙄🐏

A black young cat lies on the stool in front of the long window. Sunshine streams through .

The panther lies in a sunbeam on top of the wellington chest. His official name is Brond, the Anglo-Saxon word for fire and his black fur blazes in the light.

A ginger foster kitten lies on my pillow stretched out . I suppose I can wait to finish changing the bed.

Lazy #Caturday 😻🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈

The sun lights the blue touch-paper of the sky until all is ablaze

Night

The orange sun sets in the west.

The sun fades behind clouds

Sinking into the horizon as the orange light fades.

Closeup of the orange embers of day.

Watching the sun set #uist