Summer in the March Wood #thicktrunktuesday

Red Campion

Several sites through Speyside and the Great Glen have reached 33c. Several new temperature records. The Aviemore met site, which is elevated above the town recorded 32c, it was 33c in the town itself. Matt Taylor BBC Scotland News Sean Batty MarkVoganWeather.com

The themes for the 2025 Folk Life Studies conference 12-15 September are: *‘Forest and Vale and High Blue Hill’: Gloucester, The Forest of Dean and The Cotswolds*, * Food cultures and traditions*, *The origins of Folklife collecting and Folk museums* folklifestudies.org/conference/

#HairyPlants #wildflowerhour Yellow Bartsia along the Fife Coastal Path

#HairyPlants #wildflowerhour Viper's Bugloss, Aberlady, East Lothian

Happy St. Swithin's Day!☔ What's the weather like? Today we discover if summer will be fair or foul for the next 40 days: “St Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain. St Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mare.” #StSwithinsDay

Oak, Pilmuir #thicktrunktuesday

1/ 🕍 Rosslyn Chapel – Scotland’s Stone Enigma 📍Midlothian, Scotland | Founded in 1446 Famed for its intricate stone carvings, mystical symbols & links to the Knights Templar, this 15th-century chapel is a marvel of Late Gothic craftsmanship Let’s explore 🧵 👇

Anybody else enjoying a traditional Scottish BBQ in a leaky tent today...?

“Robins appear when loved ones are near.” In British folklore, the robin is seen as a spirit messenger, a bird of comfort and compassion. Its appearance is often thought to be a brief visitation from a loved one’s spirit, perhaps at a time of passing or mourning. #FolkloreSunday

#WildflowerHour Broad Leaved Helleborine in the grounds of Morrisons supermarket, Livingston

Forget the shopping. There is better sights in the car park. Broad Leaved Helleborine, Livingston #WildflowerHour

Yew, Roslin Glen #thicktrunktuesday

Yew, Roslin Glen #thicktrunktuesday

Quadruple-header at Alstom UK & Ireland Derby! Stonking super-powered departure of Merchant Navy 35018 British India Line, Jubilees 46115 Scots Guardsman & 45627 Sierra Leone, and Black 5 44932 – to Carnforth West Coast Railways. Pics by Benjamin Goodwin, who helped mastermind #TheGreatestGathering

Beech, Roslin Glen #thicktrunktuesday

Beech, Roslin Glen #thicktrunktuesday

Basking in the sunshine, March Wood #thicktrunktuesday

Sheep arriving at Uig, #Skye from North #Uist in September 1985. The ship, MV Hebrides, was approaching the end of her time in the MacBrayne's fleet. Having entered service in April 1964, she was laid up a couple of months after this photograph was taken and sold to new owners in