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Fi @JustFi@beige.party

Squeeeeeee!

Dundee is getting a book festival.

Thursday 12th - Saturday 14th June.

Not much news on it yet, but two authors already announced. Val McDermid and a favourite of mine - Ambrose Parry (the pen name for a husband and wife duo).

Tickets on sale in May.

#Books #Dundee #Scotland

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some bonus #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

Some fluffy looking green and white oak moss around spindly branches against a blue sky behind.

A female mallard duck standing on a rock with a river behind. She is facing to the right of the picture, and seen side on, with her vivid dark brown spattered beige colouring very visible.

Two feral pigeons on a roof with solar panels. They are facing to the right of the picture, with a blue sky behind. Both birds have dark grey bodies, sparkly green and purple necks, grey heads with white markings above their noses, mottled white, grey and black wings, and fluffy white legs above pink feet.

A house sparrow seen among branches and brownish leaves against a blue sky. The bird is seen large in the right of the picture, and faces to the left, with a light grey body, darker grey ruffling around its neck, a dark grey / slightly brownish head, and a stocky black beak.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A herring gull, seen from below in flight against a blue sky, with its wings spread wide, and head pointing to the right of the picture. Its wings are a mix of grey and white, with black tips at the ends. Its tail feathers are white, though its dark feet can be seen in front of them.

An old (and no longer used) railway viaduct seen beyond a green grassy area, with trees in front of the viaduct to the right and left of the picture. Three of the seven arches of the viaduct are visible. Behind it is a blue sky, with white clouds scattered in it.

A male mallard duck swimming in a river full of colours: brown, greenish, beige, sun sparkles etc. The bird is swimming to the left, with its reflection seen below it. It has a bright yellow beak, bright green head, a white ring around its neck, brown chest and tummy, and mostly white body with grey at the top of its wings, and dark colouring at its rear back.

Two crows flying and swooping close to each other in the centre of the picture against a blue sky. The birds have their wings spread wide, and the bright sun reflects on their feathers, giving a shiny slate effect on the top parts along with the darker areas underneath.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some bonus #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A dipper bird, back to us, facing to the right, perched on a small rock among a green/brown/white swirling river. The bird has a brown/grey body, back and head, and white neck and chest.

A magpie perched, facing to the right, on a branch with more branches behind. The bird has striking colours: black head, back, chest and tummy, with white below that, and dark (almost blue, green and purple coloured) back and tail colour. Its tail is very long.

Two jackdaws against a white sky. The bird on the left is seen from below, with its wings spread wide, in flight. The bird to the right is perched on a small branch, looking towards the flying bird.

An old railway viaduct stretching across a wooded river valley, with blue and white sky behind, trees growing around the viaduct, and reddish bare bushes at the bottom right of the picture. Four of the viaduct's seven arches are visible, with dark shadows below them.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some bonus #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A male bullfinch perched among branches with green leaves and blue sky behind. The bird faces to the left, and has a bright orange body, black head, stubby bill, grey back, and white under black tail.

A female bullfinch among branches with green leaves behind. The bird faces to the right, and has a pinkish/beige body, black head, stubby bill, grey back, white rear area, and black wings and tail.

A long tailed tit, very small in the picture, perched among bare branches. The bird is facing to the left in the picture, and has a fluffy white/grey body mostly, a black against white stripe on its head, dark grey and pink back, and black wings and tail.

A sleepy wood pigeon perched on thin branches against a white sky behind. The bird is facing to the right, and has its head tucked in to its fluffy body, which looks too big for the branches to support! The bird is mostly grey, with a pinkish/grey front/tummy. It has a white ring round the back of its neck.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A male blackbird, perched facing to the left of the picture, on a branch with green leafy branches around and behind. It has a mottled brown body, slightly lighter brown wings, and a yellow beak.

A great tit perched among bare branches against a blue sky. The bird faces to the left of the picture, and has a dark head with a vivid white area on the left side of its head, and a big yellow area on its body.

A dipper bird perched on a branch above leaves and plants beside a river. The bird is facing to the right, and has a mottled brown body, white neck/chest area, and a soft brown head.

An old railway viaduct - trains long gone - stretching across the picture from the top right corner to the bottom left. Two of the seven arches are visible, with dark shadows underneath. Wintry bare trees surround the viaduct, which stands in front of a blue sky flecked with white clouds. One bushy evergreen tree stands at the bottom left.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A male house sparrow perched on a pinkish hedge twig. The bird is facing right, with bright brown markings, especially on its wings, against a white/grey body. It has a reddish brown area behind its eye, with a black area between the eye and its stocky beak, and a fluffy grey area directly in the front top of its head.

A plumped up collared dove perched facing left on a tree branch. The bird is mostly light grey, with darker grey wings, an almost white ish area below its neck, and a grey head.

A blue tit, beak open, singing loudly, glimpsed among gnarled branches in a tree. The bird has a fluffy grey/white body, a yellowish neck/chest area, and a white head with black markings across it. It is very fluffy, and might be relatively young.

A dipper bird viewed from behind in a brown/green river flecked with white areas. The birds tail and rear feathers are being buffeted by wind, and are floofed up, showing dark areas underneath.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A dipper bird taking off in flight above a river. The bird is small, in the right portion of the picture, flying towards the left, with its grey wings spread wide, and tail feathers spread wide below and behind it.

A very fluffy and plumped up wood pigeon perched, facing to the right, among branches in a tree against a blue sky behind. The bird has very fluffy feathers and wings, of many shades of grey, a grey head, white markings around its neck, and a pointed beak.

A rather fluffy black rook perched on a branch in a tree against a blue sky behind. The bird is facing to the left, and has varied black colouring, and a very pointed white and grey beak. It is very striking.

A goldfinch perched among branches in a tree against a blue sky behind. The bird is in the mid right portion of the picture, body leaning to the left, and the bird's head is tilted, looking at the camera as it eats shoots on the tree. The bird has a white and beige / light brown body, with vivid red colouring around its eyes and beak.

Mike Spencer @mikerspencer@pixelfed.scot

Dundee being #Dundee.

#Scotland #photography #gaming

Lemming statue on top of an obelisk peering ahead. Palm trees in the background.

Lemming bridger laying blocks at the foot of an obelisk.

Jessie (they/she) @QueerMatters@mstdn.social

ngl I'm high key considering moving to #Scotland . #Dundee looks gorgeous and the house prices there are INSANE. Plus I could fulfil my destiny of moving to where my gran lived as a kid .

Can any #Scottish folk here vouch for Dundee? Whats the queer scene like? Quality of life?

I think my biggest issue would be finding coding jobs up there, esp because I wanna work from home. But even still, its an ideaaaaa

Scozmos @scozmos@mastodonapp.uk

I'd always wondered #sculpture #Dundee #Scotland #phonography https://publicartdundee.org/listing/mr-jamieson-the-draper-and-the-polar-bear/

A dirty-white sculpture of a Polar bear a gled slightly upward to our right, mouth open in a growl and one paw raised, seiping out at the figure of a man clutching items to his chest. In the background a lady stands in front of a shop window, the shop is painted purple and has arched, ornate windows and door.

A printed page laminated and secured to the purple shop window, it explains the story behind the Polar bear sculpture.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

Two dippers on a log in a river. The one in front, facing to the right, probably a male, has its head raised up, and its white fluffy neck and tummy very visible, contrasting against its dark body and wings. Behind it, probably a female, the other bird stands with its lighter brown wings spread wide, head raised, and beak open, singing. You can just glimpse the white of her neck. Below them the water is dark, and the upper water behind the birds is white and full of splashes.

An old railway viaduct, three of its seven arches visible, stretching diagonally from the top left corner down right into the middle of the picture. In front of the viaduct green plants cover the ground, and bare trees rise up. In the background behind the viaduct is a blue and white sky. The viaduct has dark shadowy areas under its arches.

A long tailed tit, very small in the picture, perched behind a vertical branch in a tree with green branches and sky behind. The bird has a white/grey under area, and dark upper body, wings, tail and head. The bird is extremely fluffy.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. Really nice to see loads of birds after the previous day's severe storm weather. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A great tit sitting in the centre of the picture, facing left, among a mass of brown branches and twigs. The bird has a very fluffy yellow/grey under area, a very dark top of the head and dark ring around its neck area, and a white area in between the two black bits.

A rook filling much of the picture, standing facing left, feeding in rough grass. Sunlight shows up many colours in the rook's plumage, including many grey and black areas, as well as green, blue and almost purple. It has a sharp, very fierce-looking pointed beak.

Looking up from below toward a blue tit, viewed from the side perched among knobbly and mossy branches with a blue sky behind. The bird has a yellowish fluffy under area, black/blue wings, and a white/black/blue head. It is facing to the left in the picture.

Two plumped up wood pigeons perched beside each other on a branch with shiny green leaves and shadows behind. The birds are perched with one roughly in the middle of the picture, and the other diagonally slightly up right from it. Both are facing roughly to the left, and have grey/pink bodies, darker grey wings and heads, yellow beaks, and white markings near the back of their necks.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A gull (possibly a herring gull) seen from below against a blue sky, wings spread out sideways, and bird pointing upwards in the picture. It has a white/grey partially mottled underbody with dark tips at its rear end, and brown/grey feather patterned wings.

A dipper facing to the right, head slightly turned. The bird is perched on an object in the river, with reflective swirling brown water all around. The bird has a white chin/neck/chest, and brown elsewhere.

A small bird, a coal tit, perched in a tree with bare branches all around. The bird has a beige underbelly, dark grey wings, white on the side of its head, which is black otherwise. It is a very small bird.

Looking towards bare branches reaching up from a tree, against a blue sky. 40 or so small birds are perched at the ends of the branches. Possibly greenfinches. Each has a pointed tail, grey or sometimes greenish body, a black speck beside its eye, and a stocky beak.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some extra bonus #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

An old railway viaduct - four arches visible - stretching diagonally across the picture from top left to bottom right. Through the arches can be seen tall trees, and behind the sky is a mix of blue and white.

Ice on branches under an old railway viaduct. The ice is twisted into different shapes, some hanging down, others going diagonally or across. Some ice is whiter than other parts which are more see through. Parts almost look like fingers or talons of strange fantastic creatures. In the background are brown/green trees and bushes.

Looking from behind at a magpie, whose head is slightly turned to the left, standing on a branch with brown/green plants, branches and bushes behind. The bird is extremely brightly coloured. Its head and upper back is black, a contrast against white elsewhere on its body. But its lower black is a large area of bright blue, and its tail that extends down is mainly green, with blue and purple at the tips.

Looking slightly up towards a black crow in a tree, facing to the left, with a large beige biscuit in its beak. It actually had two biscuits in its beak at the time, but in this picture only one is visible. The biscuit is about the same circumference as the bird's head! The bird is a mix of shiny black and mottled black colouring, with a very dark head.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

Two rooks beside each other on the horizontal part of a lamppost. They are both facing right, and rather fluffy looking, dark black, with very pointed grey beaks. The one on the right has its feet very visible, gripping the post below it.

A dipper bird perched in the mid right section of the picture, facing left, standing on a triangular rock in a river. The bird is almost horizontal from left to right, with its bottom lifted up. It has a dark brown body, and white neck/chest/tummy.

A rather plump and fluffy looking robin, perched facing to the right behind a small branch, and head slightly turned towards us. The bird has a bright orange face, neck and chest; grey/white tummy; grey/brown back; yellow under area; and dark and light brown tail.

Two merganser birds - a female on the left and a male on the right - swimming in a river. The female has a white body, grey back/wings, dark brown head, red feet and yellow beak. The male has a blueish/black head, white body, black back, and grey tail. The grey rear end of a second male can just be glimpsed at the far right of picture - there were two pairs swimming near each other.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A black headed gull perched on a house roof. The bird is facing to the left, and mostly white, with grey wings and detail on its head.

A male sparrow perched among lots of reddish/brown branches and stems. The bird is facing towards us, face slightly turned to the right. Sunlight dapples on its white/creamy tummy, and also shows clearly the dark area around its neck, and its reddish/brown head.

A crow perched among branches against a white sky, looking straight at the camera with its tail going down diagonally left. It is very striking.

A dipper bird perched facing left on a small triangular rock jutting out from a river, with rocks behind. The water is fairly calm. The bird has a mostly brown body and white neck/chest/tummy.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Sunday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A fluffy wood pigeon among grey spindly branches of a tree against a blue sky. The bird faces towards us and to the left. Its head and wings are grey, chest and tummy pink / purple like, and under area white.

A male bullfinch with its bottom pointing towards us, standing on a branch in a bare tree against a blue sky. The bird's rear end is grey and black, its tummy pink, back grey with dark wings, and a very dark head.

A grey heron facing left standing on a branch in a tree. Its white fluffy tummy area is being blown about a lot by the strong winds. The rest of the bird is grey or black, or yellow ish beak. It looks very like a fluffy dinosaur.

A dipper bird, head and upper body reaching up out of a river, facing towards us, apart from its head which is turned to the left. The river is swirling and quite wild. The bird looks very relaxed, with a white neck, chest and tummy, and otherwise dark colouring. The bird looks very athletic in this pose.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A very fluffy wren perched among branches. The bird is facing to the right, with a light brown fluffy tummy, and a stripy reddish/brown tail and back behind.

A dipper bird perched on a rock with its back to us, head slightly turned to the right, looking over water with lots of colours and reflections in it. The bird has a dark grey/brown back and head, and a white neck.

A grey heron standing tall in water with its reflection below. This is actually an inverted image, with the reflected image at the top and the original heron at the bottom. My husband preferred it this way round!

A grey wagtail perched on pebbles and debris, with green leaves around. It is turned away, with its tail behind to the left. It has a mid grey fluffy back, with distinct feathers visible, then a black boundary, yellow under its bottom and tail, and a white/yellow underbody.

Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan@mastodon.scot

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon walk in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A robin facing left, turned slightly away from us, perched on a thin branch, with brown, cream and green stems behind. It has a red neck and chest, light green/brown tummy, and dark brown body.

A male chaffinch perched on a branch facing left, with more branches and leaves around, and a white sky behind. It has a rusty/orange neck and chest, grey/creamy tummy, and white and brown back and wings.

A goldcrest perched among thin nobbly branches against a white sky. It is a very small bird, with black/green/white wings, a fluffy beige body, white ringed dark eyes, and a yellow flash on top of its head.

A wood pigeon facing right, leaning forward to peck at red berries on the tree it is standing in. It has a large body, grey wings and back, pinkish tummy, almost purple below its neck, a white ring above that, and a grey head.

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