Caroline Breyley

Daffodils-Narcissus pseudonarcissus and a soggy Tree Bumblebee on a misty, cool afternoon #Wildflowerhour

Deep purple sweet violet in woods.

Sweet violet in the woods. #WildflowerHour

I love how magnolia stellata has furry buds which suddenly burst into flower. This is growing into a beautiful tree with just a bit of judicious pruning. 🤍🌱

Small blue flower with white centre, hairy stem, green alkanet

Green alkanet is blue. #WildflowerHour

White bell shaped wildflowers on a green stem, growing through railway station railings.

Three cornered leek growing through railway embankment railings, and still winning at having the silliest name. #WildflowerHour

Rue-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites), bridge over Mildmay line, Dalston #wildflowerhour

Sweet Violet on a road verge, surprisingly a new monad record. But then this monad has plants like Mountain Everlasting and Autumn Ladies Tresses, so few visit in early Spring. Gear Sands Perranporth for #wildflowerhour

Viola odorata var. odorata

A dense patch of white form violets.

Bumped into some lovely violets on one of my walks earlier in the week. #WildflowerHour

Close-up of 3 fully open white flowers with others in bud on a lichen-covered branch, with the background softly blurred

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, just starting to flower in our garden hedgerow this week
#SignsOfSpring #BlackthornBlossom #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The Wild Daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus, at Lesnes Abbey Woods are looking spectacular at the moment. 💛 #WildflowerHour #SignsOfSpring

A beautiful drake King Eider displaying in Båtsfjord, Arctic Norway.

Guillemot stack

Guillemot colony

Guillemot colony

White water in West Voe of Sumburgh

Good to see the guillemot stacks filling up on a sunny Sunday morning at Sumburgh Head #Shetland #superseabirdsunday

Pedagoo Ghlaschu 2026 - 16 May in Glasgow, always a brilliant sharing of ideas, hearing what others are trying in practice & having good professional conversations. I’ll be leading a session on Play, Pedagogy & Progression too. Would be lovely to see you there.
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Looking back on the week:
Another busy week here at the newsdesk with council finances, energy and the upcoming Scottish Parliament election all high on the agenda
Over the last seven days we published 33 news stories, two news round ups, four letters and one ViewPoint contribution.
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Sumburgh Head

Fog horn

Fog horn

Lighthouse buildings

Blue sky & blue sea at Sumburgh Head #Shetland

Loch o Gards

Quendale Bay

Quendale Bay

West Voe of Sumburgh

Blue sky & blue sea at Scat Ness #Shetland

FULL-TIME | A much better second half from Scotland but France with another win in the U20 Six Nations

Analysis to follow...

Tickets are available now for this year's Spring Ceilidh!!

Join us on the 1st May in the wonderful Bute Hall for a night of traditional ceilidh dancing, live music, delicious food and community spirit to help refugees rebuild their lives in Scotland.

🎟️https://ow.ly/wopK50YpyJS

SP26: Scotland’s right-wingers shouldn’t be dismissed or exaggerated Scotland was for a long time assumed to be resolutely opposed to the right. Whilst Reform's rise overturns those prior claims, some are overcorrecting their narratives, glossing over a lingering divergence.

SP26: Scotland’s right-wingers shouldn’t be dismissed or exaggerated

Scotland was for a long time assumed to be resolutely opposed to the right. Whilst Reform's rise overturns those prior claims, some are overcorrecting their narratives, glossing over a lingering divergence.

Does anyone have access to arms & armour ( the journal not in general!) I am specifically looking for A 15th century weapons dowry written by Kelly DeVires in 2001
Thanks!

Guess which Pacific Quay based broadcaster I'm on tonight to talk about today's poll? No actual prizes for guessing, given it was an STV News poll and by this point I'm a Scotland Tonight regular - tune in at the usual time around 10.45ish!

Some interesting conversations offered for #PedagooGhlaschu. If you have interesting practice to share or points to raise get in touch, we’d love to add you to the programme too. Join us on 16/05/26 🦜🌳🐟🔔

Green crab surrounding green, pink and yellow seaweed

Colours of the ocean #Shetland

OCEAN Workshop. Cross Pollination of Ideas for Resilient Futures YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies

OCEAN workshop @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies recording now uploaded. Innovative marine planning; potential for science tourism; the nature of youth involvement the importance of tradition, and place, to the community. #islands #resilience

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SNP putting the people of Scotland first 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪 #snp #freescotland
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There’s nowhere quite like Shetland - the landscapes, the history, the culture and of course the language.

Hannah Mary Goodlad, our brilliant SNP candidate, quizzed me on some Shetland words. 👇

Man in VR goggles

Just one day left to get tickets - tomorrow night at 8pm online via Zoom, Prof. Bob Stone will be discussing the ways in which VR technology is helping us to unlock and explore the heritage landscape.

All proceeds to our charity. £5+fee from bit.ly/flaevents

Recording available for ticket holders

Avoid disappointment - order now - this special offer price will only be available for a limited period and the print run is not large. Publication is due in March. #BirdingScotland #rarebirdsUK #ukbirding #ornithology #birding

Tweaks to my little gift shop Coralbox continue ready for reopening next month - can you guess what I have been up to to upgrade some displays...? An interesting little project to get the finished results needed 🧶🚣‍♀️✨️ #OuterHebrides