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Donald Anderson

@da-anderson.bsky.social

The Walking Dad. Husband, father and dog owner. Heaven is other people, wildlife and fishing. In communication and used to run the best city in the world. Every dog walk is a litter pick. Supports #pawsonplastic.

318 Followers  |  176 Following  |  923 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2024
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Fabulous!

09.03.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous news.

05.03.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

05.03.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see!

05.03.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, great stuff.

05.03.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Rob. It’s a perfect spot. I’ve only recently spent time there because I always have the dogs and didn’t realise it was ok to take them in the Lagoons area, which is well separated from the birds, and the shore is lovely there too. Nearly all my pics are β€˜mutt assisted’. πŸ˜‚

05.03.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great shots!

05.03.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Superb!

05.03.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely!

05.03.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@robcrank68.bsky.social #birdoftheday theme is #mixedpairs. Godwit and Plover sounds like a new detective series on Amazon, but just a pairing from the shore at Musselburgh.

05.03.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely!

04.03.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Rob. It was a long way off, but lovely to capture the shot.

04.03.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s @robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay. Here’s a recent encounter with a Curlew at the Musselburgh Lagoons. #bird #birds.

03.03.2026 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Superb!

02.03.2026 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous!

02.03.2026 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great shots!

25.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Green with envy. One day!

25.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s my hero. That was a great programme. Beavers in London. Who’d have thought it. Give nature a chance and it can thrive.

24.02.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are Golden Eagles too apparently, but I’ve not seen them.

24.02.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a beautiful country with wonderful people. Hopefully when Trump is gone. 🀞

24.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not yet. Soon hopefully.

24.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely. Long tailed tits are a delight to see. I’ve not seen a parakeet up here. I did see one in Paris least week.

24.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous. See them occasionally over the Tweed, but only a couple of distant snaps.

24.02.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks David. Cuba’s well worth a visit if you get the chance. That may take a while though. It was sad to see the decline between our two trips and tourism now looks impossible. One day hopefully.

24.02.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Rob. It was a lovely holiday. Saw humming birds for the first time too. It’s a beautiful country.

24.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brexit campaigning turns 10. Here's how promises to voters hold up Brexit campaigning kicked off on 20 February 2016. The trail saw big promises made to voters. A decade on, how they stan

❌No, the NHS did not get £350 million extra a week.

πŸ“‰ Yes, the economy has suffered - even more than economists feared...

https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/brexit-campaign-ten-years-on-10-promises/

23.02.2026 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 365    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
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#birdiftheday theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #brown. I think this is a dove from the edge of a field in Cuba. Certainly a brown eyed girl. #bird #birds.

23.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
My favourite building: Donald Anderson and India Buildings INDIA Buildings, on Victoria Street, and I go back a long way.

Big thank you to Mike and Build Edinburgh for asking me to write about my favourite building in the city. An easy choice - open.substack.com/pub/buildedi...

23.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Certainly would.

19.02.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the greats and he made Hutton’s work decipherable, which was more than Hutton could manage. Hutton’s discovery of how rock formations formed and behaved was in many ways more insightful than Darwin’s work on evolution, and that was genius.

19.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0