Keith Broomfield

Happiness is spending the afternoon watching spawning frogs in a hill pond in the Ochils

A curious otter peers out at me from the bankside of the River Devon in #Clackmannanshire

An enjoyable time yesterday evening at a full-house event at #Edinburgh Central Library, giving a talk on my book Wild Edinburgh, followed by a lively question-and-answer session

Aw, many thanks and glad you enjoyed it

What I really like about @keithbroomfield.bsky.social ‘s book is that every chapter ends with useful information on how to get there by bus or car. A must read book.

It's been a cracking season for scarlet elf cups - these wee beauties on a tumbled branch this afternoon

A drake gadwall stretches his wings at Forfar Loch #Angus #Scotland

A pair of stunning otters on the bankside of the River Devon in Clackmannanshire last week

A little egret on the prowl for fish at Torry Bay in west #Fife

Scarlet elf cups bringing sparkling colour to the woodland floor #fungi

This male dipper was in full song on the River Devon in #Clackmannanshire yesterday

Spring is in the air and the lapwings are back! Great to see these beautiful plovers in southern Perthshire this morning, moving inland in preparation for the coming breeding season

Occasionally, when walking the banks of the River Devon in #Clackmannanshire something truly magical happens – an otter cub and its mother yesterday morning

I was delighted to be able to support the ‘Going Forward with Bridge of Allan Stroke Group' this afternoon with a talk on my book, Wild Edinburgh. The Group does incredible support work

Green shoots of spring - ramson (aka wild garlic) leaves unfurling by the bankside of the River Devon

A cracking day for a wee hike with some mates in the Ochils

A handsome kestrel from a couple of days ago on his hunting perch near Blackford in southern #Perthshire

Distant shot of a great white egret flying over a flock of grazing pink-footed geese in southern #Perthshire yesterday, backdropped by a snow-covered Stuc a Chroin

The rising sun catches a couple of roe deer in an Ochils rough pasture

Great coverage about Forth Rivers Consulting at the Falkirk Wheel fish rescue featured in the Outdoors section of Saturday's edition of The Scotsman!
Huge thanks @keithbroomfield.bsky.social for covering the team's work & thank you to Scottish Canals for having the consultancy along.

As a proud trustee of Forth Rivers Trust, I was delighted to pen this article in Saturday's Scotsman about the brilliant work of their trading arm, Forth Rivers Consulting

This spectacular drift of snowdrops in a strip of woodland in #Clackmannanshire brought welcome sparkle to a dreich winter’s day #wildflowerhour @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

Stone circles are compelling places, and a visit earlier this week to the Strichen stone circle in NE Scotland sent the mind spinning about the people from the earliest times who once stood on this very spot. What were they like and how did they live?

A drake eider on a sea wall at Peterhead earlier this week sheltering from stormy winds and sleet showers. When will we see the sun again?

This long-tailed duck was a real busy-bee as he foraged for molluscs and crustaceans in the shallows of Cairnbulg harbour by #Fraserburgh

A curious grey seal pops-up in Peterhead harbour yesterday to check me out

Wooah - look at that fabulous tail! A stunning long-tailed duck in #Peterhead harbour this afternoon sheltering from stormy winds and sleet. These wee beauties breed in the Arctic

There was a fascinating array of marine life at Largo Bay in #Fife yesterday washed up by recent storms, including this stunning sand star

Recent storms had washed this ocean quahog onto the beach at Largo Bay today. They are among our longest-lived animals, and this beauty, given its large size, could possibly be between 100 to 200 years old. The maximum recorded age is over 500 years old!

A vixen inspecting a potential den site in my local wood