Glenys Norquay

@glenisilla

Curious about wildlife and nature, but also photography, books, art, language... all kinds of stuff. Edinburgh, Scotland

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Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 3d

A visit from the deer this evening ❤️ Liberton #Edinburgh #wildlife

A doe and fawn in a stubbly field in evening light

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 3d

Excited to find a dance card (?) from the Assembly Rooms amongst some of my mother-in-law's old photos 😍💃 #Edinburgh

The cover of a dance card:
Assembly Rooms
Edinburgh
9th February 1961

Inside of the dance card showing the list of dances
Cam Robbie and his Orchestra

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 6d

A beautiful wheatear leading me up the path this morning, restoring my faith right when I thought there'd be nothing much to see on my walk 😍

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 10d

Wren fledgling hiding in the field Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A young wren sitting on top of a wheat crop

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 10d

There are no deer hiding in this wheatfield. None. Liberton #Edinburgh #wildlife

A wheatfield with a roe deer's face and ears poking up above the crop

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 15d

A young whitethroat 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A juvenile whitethroat perched on barbed wire beside a wooden fencepost

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 18d

Sweetest of roadblocks this morning 🥰 Roe deer in the middle of the path #Edinburgh #wildlife

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 18d

The correct way to eat berries is three at a time Blackbird, RSPB Loch Leven #Scotland #birds

A blackbird, with 3 berries lined up in his beak, in a rowan tree, surrounded by more berries.

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 18d

Swallow up close at RSPB Loch Leven yesterday - all sheen and poise #scotland #birds

A swallow resting on a curved metal pole

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 25d

Chonky little robin just growing into its adult plumage 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A very round young robin with juvenile plumage on its head, but starting to get its red breast feathers. The background is black

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 27d

Young whitethroat 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A young whitethroat resting on the stalk of a dried umbel

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 29d

Salisbury Crags still ablaze ☹️ #Edinburgh

Salisbury Crags shrouded in smoke this evening, with a line of flames still visible

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 29d

Young whitethroat getting to grips with balancing on stalks 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A juvenile whitethroat clinging to the stalk of a dried umbel

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· 29d

Weather report: Too hot to shut your mouth Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A crow with its beak open to help cool down

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· Jul 17

Juvenile whitethroat 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

A juvenile whitethroat perched on a leafy twig, with mottled background

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· Jul 5

Tiny cave of toadlets. This is the most menacing a toadlet can look #Edinburgh #ToadPatrol

Tiny toadlets huddled in a crack in the kerb

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· Jul 3

Tiny toadlet climbing to safety 🥰 #Edinburgh #ToadPatrol

A tiny toadlet - only 1cm from nose to bum - standing on dried leaves and grass to climb up a steep kerb

The same toadlet pulling itself further onto the kerb

Glenys Norquay@glenisilla· Jul 1

My TickCard repurposed this morning as a toadlet elevator, lifting toadlets off the road and safely into the grass 🥰 Between us, @elainebradley.bsky.social and I elevated over 4500 toadlets! With wider shot for scale. (The TickCard is the size of a credit card) #Edinburgh #ToadPatrol