Vivienne Dunstan

Yup, my ancestors were there too. I remember visiting the graveyard once with my dad, looking for family graves. A lovely location.

Campaigners hope to save one of Scotland's oldest churches Linton Kirk - between Linton and Morebattle in the Borders - dates back to the 12th Century.

Campaigners hope to save one of Scotland's oldest churches - Linton in the Scottish Borders www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

a group of muppets dressed in pirate costumes are standing on a stage ALT: a group of muppets dressed in pirate costumes are standing on a stage

I've put a reference to Muppets Treasure Island in my PhD thesis* and I hope to all the deities I can keep it in.

* okay, a small paragraph.

Relieved my latest severe neurological flare continues to subside. Good chat with my long-time GP today - he's retiring, eek! - and agreed not to raise my steroids for now. But have backup plans if things go pear shaped. Phenomenally grateful for his help over the years and the NHS keeping me alive.

“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US Stories of border issues lead to pervasive travel fears across the worldwide industry.

“It doesn’t feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...

Oor Wullie and The Broons - 90 years of mischief and family fun Oor Wullie and The Broons began creating chaos across the pages of the Sunday Post in March 1936.

Oor Wullie and The Broons celebrate 90 years of mischief and family fun www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A close-up image of a mostly white gull with dull pink legs seen perched on a roof facing the camera with clear blue sky background. Their powerful yellow beak has a dark spot near the time with red edge. Their head is speckled/streaky brown mirroring parts of their breast and underbelly. Their eye is dark yellow with a small black pupil. Their wings appear very dark grey.

Young looking herring gull with dark wings, dark eye and very pink legs! 📷📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A close-up image of a dark brown deer bounding towards the camera across long green and dead grass. They have a dark nose with white lower lips, dark eyes, ears facing forward like small wings. They have a pale collar and a large grey patch on the front of their neck. Their front legs are bent at the knees while they push off from their out-stretched hind legs. Their small black front hooves are visible.

A gorgeous roe deer bounding even closer. 📷📸🎞️ #deer #ukwildlife

A small black, white and pale brown bird with small shiny grey beak is perched facing the camera on a small conifer cone with their head turned to the left. They have a black head with bright white cheeks and hints of the white stripe on the back of their head. Their breast is pale brown. They have a jet black eye.

Coal tit. 📷📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A blue tit feeding on fluffy green catkins with shiny green leaves and shady foliage in the background. The bird dangles horizontally, seen side on, as though we are looking at it from overhead, with its feathery green back prominent, as well as blue head edged with a white ring.

A chiffchaff that has just taken off from a bush with trunks and blue sky behind. It flies right, wings spread wide, and gives the cameraman an intense look. Its body is soft green, and wings and tail feathers a mix of dark grey with lighter tips. The bird has a mossy green top of the head with a pale coloured stripe behind its eyes.

A buzzard seen from below, wings spread wide, flying diagonally up right as we look, against the background of a clear blue sky. The under parts of its wings and body are a mix of cream and dark brown, with dark tips at the edges of the wings.

A blue tit perched in the top of a pair of crossed branches, which make a v shape reflecting the v shaped blue pattern on its head around its beak and eyes. There are other branches to the right and blue sky behind. The bird has a yellowish green body, white face, and dark blue head top. It is leaning forward, facing us, and looking towards the camera.

Some bonus photos from my husband's Saturday walk to the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A female house sparrow in a tree, facing us, body slightly tilted to left, with a large tree trunk beside and blue sky behind. She has a soft brown head with a beige stripe, soft cream/grey body, and brown in her wings. Shadows from tree branches dapple her body, whose individual feathers can be glimpsed very clearly.

A male starling seen side on, facing right, among branches of a bush with blue sky behind. The bird has a pointed bright yellow beak, contrasting with a sparkling black, purple and green shimmery body.

A male bullfinch on a branch with soft focus green leaves and blue sky behind. It is facing us, with its bright orange body curving to the right, and black head above.

Two roe deer in a grassy green field. The one mid left is seen side on, body facing right, head towards us with head high and tongue stuck out. No horns. The one front right is facing us, head low. It is starting to grow short horns. Both look relaxed.

Some photos from my husband's Saturday walk to the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶 #deer

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingInWater, any bird standing in water.

Wood Stork 🪶

A blue tit feeding on fluffy green catkins with shiny green leaves and shady foliage in the background. The bird dangles horizontally, seen side on, as though we are looking at it from overhead, with its feathery green back prominent, as well as blue head edged with a white ring.

A chiffchaff that has just taken off from a bush with trunks and blue sky behind. It flies right, wings spread wide, and gives the cameraman an intense look. Its body is soft green, and wings and tail feathers a mix of dark grey with lighter tips. The bird has a mossy green top of the head with a pale coloured stripe behind its eyes.

A buzzard seen from below, wings spread wide, flying diagonally up right as we look, against the background of a clear blue sky. The under parts of its wings and body are a mix of cream and dark brown, with dark tips at the edges of the wings.

A blue tit perched in the top of a pair of crossed branches, which make a v shape reflecting the v shaped blue pattern on its head around its beak and eyes. There are other branches to the right and blue sky behind. The bird has a yellowish green body, white face, and dark blue head top. It is leaning forward, facing us, and looking towards the camera.

Some bonus photos from my husband's Saturday walk to the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A female house sparrow in a tree, facing us, body slightly tilted to left, with a large tree trunk beside and blue sky behind. She has a soft brown head with a beige stripe, soft cream/grey body, and brown in her wings. Shadows from tree branches dapple her body, whose individual feathers can be glimpsed very clearly.

A male starling seen side on, facing right, among branches of a bush with blue sky behind. The bird has a pointed bright yellow beak, contrasting with a sparkling black, purple and green shimmery body.

A male bullfinch on a branch with soft focus green leaves and blue sky behind. It is facing us, with its bright orange body curving to the right, and black head above.

Two roe deer in a grassy green field. The one mid left is seen side on, body facing right, head towards us with head high and tongue stuck out. No horns. The one front right is facing us, head low. It is starting to grow short horns. Both look relaxed.

Some photos from my husband's Saturday walk to the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶 #deer

YouTube video by StingVEVO Sting - Shape of My Heart (Live at the Rijksmuseum)

Sting - Shape of My Heart (Live at the Rijksmuseum) youtu.be/hKks7D7DVZw

Oh absolutely yes I did! Thanks for the comment :)

Garden of Earthly Delights

Garden of Earthly Delights

The items on loan to the US for the Celtic art exhibition include a double sided cross slab from Monifieth where we live. I think this one. www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...

Castle Douglas horned pony cap crosses Atlantic for exhibition The horned cap from southern Scotland would have made the pony wearing it look

'Mythical beast' pony headwear found in Scots bog stars in US exhibition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The birder is back home buzzing. “I got amazing pictures of roe deer! They came really close!” #notbirds 😜

Been asleep forever. Just checked the Scotland vs France rugby score. Jings!

Brown bird with pink legs on a branch.

My first chiffchaff (or willow warbler) of the year! Was silently flitting. Thought it was female blackcap at first which would also be a first. #birds

A close-up image of a black/dark-brown bird with a red beak with red shield and yellow tip moving towards the camera on an out-of-focus grass lawn. They have a red eye with large black pupil.

Moorhen running towards the camera at Monikie Country Park. 📷📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A small black, white and grey bird with black legs standing on a mound of brown sand looking quizzically at the camera. They have a black cap, white face, grey cheeks, jet black eye and a black bib.

Pied wagtail on Broughty Ferry Castle beach. 📷📸🎞️🪶 #birds #ukwildlife

A pair of courting great crested grebes swimming to the right on a blue lake. The birds have soft grey feathery bodies, tall vertical necks, black above, and a feathery tuft at the tops of their heads, which rather reminds me of Muppet scientist Beaker.

Two black headed gulls standing facing away from each other on a grassy area in the foreground with still water behind. The birds have grey wings, white bodies, red beaks, and black heads. The bird on the left has a particularly evident black head whereas the one on the right is still a little mottled as it changes to summer plumage.

Three teal ducks swimming together in formation, one to the right, the others following behind, in a very sunlit still lake. The bird at front left is female, with mottled brown plumage and a green flash at the back of her wing. The other two birds with her are male, with soft grey bodies, a white flash below their wings, and red and green mask-like heads.

A mute swan on a blue river. It is facing to the right, with its neck curved over and head bent forward. It has a bright red/orange beak, which is tucked in, black around the eyes, and white elsewhere. It is reflected in the ripples of the water below.

Some bonus photos from my husband's Friday afternoon birding in Broughty Ferry and Monikie Country Park near Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A black-headed gull swimming to the right in a silvery river. It has grey wings, black tail tips and head, and white elsewhere.

Three drake male mallards standing on grass in a group facing away from us. They have grey bodies, black and white tail tips, brown chests and necks, and shimmering green/purple heads.

A female mallard duck sitting facing right on grass with sunlight falling on her dappled brown and cream plumage.

A moorhen about to dive into a blue river. It is facing left, reflected in water below, which shows its black/grey body, red eye, and white beak with white area above.

Some photos from my husband's Friday afternoon birding in Broughty Ferry and Monikie Country Park near Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A pair of courting great crested grebes swimming to the right on a blue lake. The birds have soft grey feathery bodies, tall vertical necks, black above, and a feathery tuft at the tops of their heads, which rather reminds me of Muppet scientist Beaker.

Two black headed gulls standing facing away from each other on a grassy area in the foreground with still water behind. The birds have grey wings, white bodies, red beaks, and black heads. The bird on the left has a particularly evident black head whereas the one on the right is still a little mottled as it changes to summer plumage.

Three teal ducks swimming together in formation, one to the right, the others following behind, in a very sunlit still lake. The bird at front left is female, with mottled brown plumage and a green flash at the back of her wing. The other two birds with her are male, with soft grey bodies, a white flash below their wings, and red and green mask-like heads.

A mute swan on a blue river. It is facing to the right, with its neck curved over and head bent forward. It has a bright red/orange beak, which is tucked in, black around the eyes, and white elsewhere. It is reflected in the ripples of the water below.

Some bonus photos from my husband's Friday afternoon birding in Broughty Ferry and Monikie Country Park near Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A black-headed gull swimming to the right in a silvery river. It has grey wings, black tail tips and head, and white elsewhere.

Three drake male mallards standing on grass in a group facing away from us. They have grey bodies, black and white tail tips, brown chests and necks, and shimmering green/purple heads.

A female mallard duck sitting facing right on grass with sunlight falling on her dappled brown and cream plumage.

A moorhen about to dive into a blue river. It is facing left, reflected in water below, which shows its black/grey body, red eye, and white beak with white area above.

Some photos from my husband's Friday afternoon birding in Broughty Ferry and Monikie Country Park near Dundee, Scotland 📷📸🎞️🪶

A sepia tinged old photo of an extremely fluffy cat resting on what looks like a light coloured bedspread. The cat is lying with its body facing left, paws and incredibly fluffy tail tucked in, its head at the top looking intently towards the camera. An extremely fluffy cat.

My first pet cat. Half wildcat, from Perthshire. Adopted by my parents as a kitten before I was born and when they lived in Blairgowrie. #cats

Country diary: Wildcats are here and they’re on the march | Amanda Thomson Badenoch and Strathspey, Cairngorms: Conservation efforts to help them are working – numbers are still small, but I’ve seen signs in the late winter snow

Country diary: Wildcats are here and they're on the march www.theguardian.com/environment/...