Dr Fiona Porter

Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles - Series 1: 4. Winter Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the winter months revealing hidden natural spectacles that occur throughout the British Isles.

Beautiful photos of stunning birds. We have ptarmigan in Scotland too. This documentary on winter wildlife shows ptarmigan, mountain hares, red squirrels, pine martens and cresties.
Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles, Series 1: 4. Winter: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029syc via @bbciplayer

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cut the proportion of funding going to all UK nations except England, whose allocation has risen (Image: PA/NQ)

'Despite landing 64% of all fish in the UK by value in 2023 (the most recent figures), Scotland will get just 7.8% of the funding supposedly aimed at “revitalis[ing] the UK’s fishing fleet and training the next generation of fishers”.'
Xander Elliards, via The National
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Regimechange leicht gemacht Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...

Warum Maga sich im UK schon jetzt deutlich machtvoller einmischt als im Rest Europas. Und warum Grossbritannien gegen diese Art der 'foreign interference' sehr viel schlechter gewappnet ist als andere Länder in Europa.
My latest analysis für die @blaetter.bsky.social
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The world's deadliest wind farm for birds must be stopped.‼️

We need clean energy, but not like this.

Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...

Not sure this helps, but maybe it is reassuring that people who perform all their lives can still suffer from it, so they are not alone. www.google.com/amp/s/www.ex...

The gothic tower and spires of Glasgow University rising above the autumn trees of Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city.

#glaagow #architecture #autumn #glasgowuniversity #kelvingrovepark #autumnphotography #architecturephotography

I don't want sweeter blackcurrants, they are delicious as they are.

Mural of Saint Mungo, patron saint of Glasgow, with the robin he brought back to life after it had been killed by some of his classmates.

View of the Glasgow Tolbooth steeple, built in 1634.

No hills today, but a very enjoyable walk around Glasgow's murals.
There is a trail on walkhighlands www.walkhighlands.co.uk/glasgow/glas... and lots more info at www.citycentremuraltrail.co.uk

23 An Dàmhair 2025: An Dr Aonghas MacLeòid air ‘Raiders Bhatarsaigh san Iar-Mhanachainn’ Diaordaoin 23mh dhan Dàmhair 2025, 5.30f, Leabharlann Mitchell / air-loidhne, 5.30f An Dr Aonghas MacLeòid (Glaschu): ‘Raiders Bhatarsaigh san Iar Mhanachainn: Deasbadan is Connspaid’ F…

23 An Dàmhair 2025: An Dr Aonghas MacLeòid air ‘Raiders Bhatarsaigh san Iar-Mhanachainn’. Leabharlann Mitchell, Glaschu / air-loidhne, 5.30f. Fàilte bhlàth air a h-uile duine! Cuiribh fios gun rùnaire (a_maccoinnich@hotmail.com) a dh’ iarraidh ceangal-lìn.

Really excellent, readable, summary of what it would take for H5N1 to become a human pandemic, and the steps needed to stop this.

They are just beautiful.

Photo of northern lights in the north-western Highlands of Scotland on 18 October 2025. It’s mostly green hues; dark hills are visible in the fore- and background.

Photo of northern lights in the north-western Highlands of Scotland on 18 October 2025. It’s mostly green hues but there is a little bit of red visible in the right hand top corner.

Photo of northern lights in the north-western Highlands of Scotland on 18 October 2025. Red and yellow-green hues with a few stars visible.

Photo of northern lights in the north-western Highlands of Scotland on 18 October 2025. Red, pink and green hues with a few stars visible.

Last night’s amazing northern lights in Assynt, Scotland.

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

[Q]:Did you get any sense from Putin that he would be willing or open to the idea of ending this war without taking significant property from Ukraine?

[Trump]:Well,he's going to take something. I mean,they fought&he has a lot of property.We're the only nation that goes in& wins a raw& then leaves.

You slugabed! 😊

£80 for LP.8, from an independent pharmacy. (But to be fair, I just took what I was offered)

Yes, and the fact so few people are being offered a vaccine downplays the seriousness of COVID, making it less likely that those who can afford to buy their own vaccines will.

Yuka is an interesting app that gives the nutritional status of foods when you scan the barcode.

Post quoting RFK Jr saying “We need to stop trusting the experts. Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it’s a feature of religion and totalitarianism.”

We’ve heard a lot of colossally stupid things from the Trump regime lately, but this is among the stupidest things I’ve heard from anyone, anywhere, ever.

First snowfall

Gilbbesjávri, Kilpisjärvi, Sápmi Lapland

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#Kilpisjärvi #Sána #Saana #Eanodat #Enontekiö #Sápmi #Lapland #travel #SkyAndEarth #arctic #snow #nature #chatgpt

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Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bienkov

'When it comes to making the sort of significant move back towards the EU that would actually make a meaningful difference to Britain’s stagnant economy, Starmer remains firmly stuck in the Brexit mud.'
@adambienkov.bsky.social, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Fire at hedgehog hospital which led to death of animal treated as deliberate Dozens of hedgehogs had to rescued after a fire broke out beside the Forth Hedgehog Hospital shed on Wednesday.

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View to mountains over a sea of clouds

The Cobbler above the clouds

Stunning pictures.
It was a great day - amazing views from Ben Lomond too.

Grandfather relives eight-day 'nightmare' in Highland wilderness Ian Currie had been attempting to walk from Glenfinnan to Knoydart when he got into difficulty.

Hiker relives eight-day 'nightmare' in Highland wilderness - www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The views from Ben Lomond were amazing today. Brocken spectres and fog bows too.
For one lucky lady it was her first Munro - what a way to start.

If only, I am struggling too!😊
We were lucky enough to be up Ben Lomond today and it was the best inversion I have ever seen. Pictures to follow later.

Interesting - that sounds more useful.

Although to be fair, the first thing people said when they picked up their phone to answer a call was to recite their own number.