My Favourite Bench @myfavouritebench.bsky.social Hi Everyone 👋 My name is Paul and I like many others love Benches and thier wonderful views. Many of the Benches I post will be Benches that have been sent by Bench Fans from across the world. Please give me a follow and lets just have a bit of fun 🙏
Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social An obsession with moods and mountains
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Annie Worsley @annieworsley.bsky.social Writer Crofter Grandmother Geographer
Author of #WINDSWEPT: life, nature & deep time in the Scottish Highlands
"An instant classic of British #naturewriting"
Blog: https://notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/
https://www.annieworsley.co.uk/
Ken Harvey @tathaiora.bsky.social Red squirrel obsessed, po faced, dislocated Weegie....... have the correct politics for the moment.... 🏴
(He/Him)......
kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy Trained ecological scientist (B.Sc., MPhil), dyslexic thinker, blogger, bicycle rider, sometimes driver, ex ADI, bla-de-bla-de-blaa...
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Norman McWhirter @critsect.bsky.social 
Louise @louiselovesdogs.bsky.social No human is illegal
Proud member of Antifa
Lieutenant commander in Starfleet 🖖
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Roy Bent @roybent.bsky.social Lover of guitars and Moog synthesisers. Woodworker, CAD doodler, 3D printerer and model builder. Movie fan. Vinyl record person.
Absolutely NOT here for American politics, current affairs, sport or other noise.
Badger’s Drift 🔪, Midsomer, UK.
@liammcreanan.bsky.social @liammcreanan.bsky.social 
Richard Shaw @richardshaw.bsky.social Lecturer @ University of Glasgow, UK. Epidemiologist interested in mental-health and wellbeing, health inequalities, administrative data, education.
Trying to learn Italian and Spanish.
James Jefferies @jamesjefferies.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy Technologist @shedcode - Data Engineer @RewildingB - @jamesjefferies (he/him) - #IrisMurdoch, #TheWeddingPresent, #LFC, #Railways #TheArchers #Canals […]
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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social #LectionaryPrayers guy. Church of Scotland minister.
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Tom Hawkins @nekomatic.bsky.social Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
Lorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social Edinburgh Central MSP | Scottish Greens | She/Her | DMs not open.
Nicola McEwen @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social 💻 Dad + Head of Digital @theSNP @YesScot on 9 winning national elections 🎸 Co-founder of National Collective 🎨 Edinburgh College of Art grad 📱 The revolution will be digitised.
Fraser of Allander Institute @fraserofallander.org The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
Angus MacDonald MP 🔶 @angusmacdonaldld.bsky.social 🔶 Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Skye, West Ross-shire
Proud Highlander
Contact me and my team by emailing Angus.macdonald.mp@parliament.uk
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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social Award-winning political journalism from Holyrood magazine. https://www.holyrood.com/
John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social 🏴 First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
Promoted by John Swinney, 17-19 Leslie St, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AH
Maree Todd MSP @mareetodd.bsky.social SNP MSP for Caithness Sutherland & Ross. Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy & Sport
Promoted by Maree Todd, 31 High St, Alness, IV17 0PT
The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot The official account of The Scottish Parliament:
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@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social MSP for Glasgow Southside. Former First Minister of Scotland. Book lover.
Chris Marshall @chrismarshll.bsky.social Deputy editor at Holyrood magazine, Edinburgh. Writing about Scottish politics mostly || Journalism here: https://medium.com/@chrismarshall_ https://substack.com/@holyroodchris
Jonathan Wilson @elcapitanojw.bsky.social Hillwalker, retired medic (gasman). “Don’t set yourself on fire keeping someone else warm”
Glimmerling @glimmerling.bsky.social I'm into TTRPGs, video games, and art. I also love fantasy and horror, nature and people. I take pictures sometimes. I'm neurodivergent in a few flavors, 41, and queer. I'm taken. I'm this same username on Tumblr and most places. PST. She/Her/cis
@eoghandenney.bsky.social @eoghandenney.bsky.social 
Callum Devereux @devereuxcallum.bsky.social Journalist. #CardiffTrained
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Jason Lee @jasonlee.eurosky.social Here we are now.
Thanks for reconnecting here!
Old profile:
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonlee.ie
Artist + Artist’s Photographer.
#WestCork
Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social Working in renewables since 2005.Believe in land reform & social justice.I want a fairer society & realise now I have to help make that happen. Sucker for volunteering.Owned by a cat,dog & children.Just don’t self build😜 .English bird 30 years in Scotland
hollow mordant daughter @prelapsarian.bsky.social we have to love each other so hard and we have to see angels and we have to white-knuckle sanity and all of that is just the easy part
Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social We won the League at Ewood Park - Burnley FC
Centrist dad
History/Ancient History lover, huge fan of mountains and hills - finished the Wainwrights 2025
Ellen Laird @ellaird.bsky.social Prehistory and rock art | Nature enthusiast | Swimming outdoors | A good coffee makes my day
Deborah Meaden @deborahmeaden.bsky.social Investor, TV Dragon, Planet Hugger and admirer of many things.
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
Andy Malby @andymalby.bsky.social SEPA scientist - air modelling and flood forecasting.
Andrew Learmonth @andrewlearmonth.bsky.social Political Editor of the world's longest-running national newspaper @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Email tips/stories/news to andrew.learmonth@heraldandtimes.co.uk.
DMs open.
Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social Careers consultant. Still loves mountains, knitting, bumblebees, agus Gàidhlig cuideachd. #Archbiscuit of #TheBiscuitAppreciationSociety Inbhir Nis. #BeeKind
WhatKatieDidNext @whatkatiedidnext.bsky.social #AreYouYesYet 🏴🏴🏴
#Independence is normal
Alison Parker @binosandbikes.bsky.social Research project manager & swimming coach. Love all things water, bikepacking adventures & looking for/at/drawing birds🏊🏽♀️🚴♀️ 👝✍🏻🐦👀
Heather Bowie @superhez.bsky.social Proud Fifer on a neverending journey to health, happiness and calm while navigating all that middle age has to offer (She/her)
Loves food, hills, wine, books, money-saving tips, vinted and podcasts (recommendations welcome for all)
#munrobagger ⛰️ 🏳️🌈Ally🏳️⚧️
Eliza @elizacoulson.bsky.social Sharing hiking adventures and the Scottish Outdoors
I also write
And love to read
Nick Ray @nicklifeafloat.bsky.social You’ll find me in the wild. Exploring Scotland's beauty, one adventure at a time. Advocate for mental health awareness & suicide prevention. Embracing nature's healing touch.
Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social Nature writer, photographer, tour leader. FLS.
BSBI Shetland county recorder
‘Obscure rarity’
Author for Basic Books, Bloomsbury Books, Hachette, Princeton University Press
Rep’d: Peters, Fraser & Dunlop
www.jondunn.com
Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social Outdoor activities to protect the enviroment of Barra & Vatersay and inspire people to discover more.
Centre for Mountain Studies @cmountainstudies.bsky.social The Centre for Mountain Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, Perth College ⛰️
The Cairngorm Club @cairngormclub.bsky.social Based in Aberdeen, the club was founded in 1887 and is the oldest and one of the largest hillwalking & climbing clubs in Scotland. It provides a range of mountain activity events, training opportunities, and operates a hut at the foot of the mountains.
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust @greenspacetrust.bsky.social Our Vision: Everyone in Edinburgh and the Lothians has access to quality greenspaces to help support their health & wellbeing
www.elgt.org.uk
Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social Promoting Everyday Walking in Edinburgh.
Contact us at:- edinburghgroup@livingstreets.org.uk
If you’d like to sign up for our occasional email newsletter you can subscribe here: https://www.livingstreetsedinburgh.org.uk/contacts/
The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social Community focused conservation charity dedicated to the experience, protection & repair of wild places across the UK.
Our website:
https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/
Mark-Antony Yorkston | Outdoor Adventurer @hikingwithmark.bsky.social Exploring Scotland with my dog Alfie🏴
161/282 Munros⛰️
@hikingwithmark on other socials📸
130k+ community🫶🏼
Nick Hanson @nickhansonphotos.bsky.social Photographer living and working on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
John Davidson @bl6john.bsky.social Editor and journalist at Highland News & Media, Active Outdoors, Kintail MRT, Mountain Leader, MTB trainee leader... and a bunch of other stuff 🏃♂️🥾🌿⛰️🚵♂️🛶🍂☃️
RK Photographic / Rob Knight @rkphotographic.bsky.social Pro photographer, workshops & 1to1, curator, #Connected, Adobe Education Trainer, Microsoft Cert Educator, Speaker, Mentor, Alfreton Town FC Club Photographer ⚽️📷 Learning@rkphotographic.com
www.rkphotographic.com
Spiorad àird nam Murchan
Special Circumstances @viraldeath.bsky.social Posting my pics from around Scotland. Landscapes, places, pets, and the natural world. Infectious diseases epidemiologist by trade. Registrar in Public Health. Amateur entomologist. #Scotland #Onehealth
Mountain Training Scotland @mtn-trng-scotland.bsky.social Mountain Training Scotland’s purpose is the advancement, for public benefit, of education and training in the skills required for the leadership and instruction of safe hill, mountain and moor walking, mountaineering, and rock and ice climbing.
NatureScot @naturescot.bsky.social Scotland’s nature agency. We work to protect and improve our natural environment in Scotland. http://nature.scot #NàdarAlba #MakeSpaceForNature
Alison Hardie @alisonhardie.bsky.social Health comms. Hill climbing. Happy camper.
Munro277 @munro277.bsky.social Father/Brother/Husband
Munro’s ✅
Wainwrights ✅
Love too tramp and camp across mountains and high lands and watch/feel the weather move across us
Backpacker 🥾🥾 for 40 yrs,love to explore the Northern lands of Norway/Sweden
David Marsh @david-c-marsh.bsky.social Once a meteorologist and software engineer, now a freelance writer and photographer.
Passionate about nature, mountains, walking, weather, veganism, Blackburn Rovers and Siouxsie And The Banshees.
Lacks the Necessary Aptitude. @theoccasionaltog.bsky.social Lapsed ( to my shame ) landscape tog. Nature, countryside, peace. Lefty and sweary. ADHD/ASD/EUPD. Seeking calm in a noisy world through the lens of a Nikon ( occasionally ). FPL currently sat at 146k. Mostly lurks.
George Liston @gdlscot.bsky.social Retired RAF officer, recent Non-executive Director and Chair of the Board of a National sporting governing body. Wildlife lover, food lover, husband.
Tom Hogg 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @tomhogg.bsky.social Edinburgh based Partick Thistle fan. Member of the anti-growth coalition. I like football, beer, books, & active travel. Trillionaire, for what that label is worth.
Gina Helfrich @ginahelfrich.bsky.social Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.
Texan. Feminist.
I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich
innes mck @innes.bsky.social queer craftworker in the Highlands • made a really big video game once but is doing something else now • tha Gàidhlig agam • cannot be killed • cannot be destroyed
innesmck.com
he/they • e/iad 🏳️⚧️
Jeanette Stevenson @jnetks.bsky.social Associate Director NHS Scotland Academy. Try-athlete! Values kindness. Enjoys mountains, books, gardens…
Yarn Winder @yarn-winder.bsky.social Designer/maker, environmentalist, gardener, foodie. In Scotland 🏴
Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social Semi-retired woke liberal living in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
Mainly dogs and old motorbikes, because what else do you really need?
Outsider Art @outsiderart.bsky.social Reduce Reuse Recycle ♻️ UPCYCLING! Temple. Shrine. Assemblage. Raw Creation! Outsider art. Art Brut. Folk Art. Visionary Art
Clay Williams @ultraclay.bsky.social James Beard Award-Winning Photographer. Co-founder of Black Food Folks.
Member, Diversify Photo, mpw.74.
Occasionally Brooklyn, NYC.
http://claywilliamsphoto.com
Mac @macadee.bsky.social Dog lover 🐾
Avid reader 📚
"People may forget what you said - but they will never forget how you made them feel."
The Great Outdoors @tgomagazine.bsky.social Making the Outdoors Great for over 40 years, we are Britain's original outdoor magazine. Skills & routes advice, long form stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things & the most experienced gear team in Britain. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/40fvlTG
National Trust for Scotland @n-t-s.bsky.social We think places that make people smile are worth caring for – support our charity so we can keep sharing them with everyone, #ForTheLoveOfScotland https://www.nts.org.uk/
Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social Seabird Ecologist at @n-t-s.bsky.social | Treasurer of The Seabird Group | Enjoys birds, nature, & outdoor adventures 🐣🌊⛰️ | she/her
Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer 🏳️⚧️, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
I really dislike unsolicited advice.
Julien Moreau @boorhin.bsky.social Geophysicist, geologist, crofter, foody, and ocean plastic recycler.
Providing unsolicited (weird?) music suggestions.
Trying to contribute to the open-source movement. Earns money as a freelance consultant spends it with all the rest.
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Catriona @catrio.bsky.social Lefty supporter of Scottish Democracy, Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️🌈 She/Her
@just-me123.bsky.social @just-me123.bsky.social Not really here to make original posts, but like reading and learning from others.
Wildlife, gardening, the Great War of particular interest and maybe have a chuckle now and again.
Derek Black @djm-black.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy European: Germano-Polish Scot. Christian. Bibliophile. Scientist. House-husband.
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social Always looking for the heat around the corner
Black Forest Cyclist @blackforestcyclist.bsky.social Berliner in exile near Freiburg. Foodie, NYT addict, and Packers fan. Enjoys riding his mountain bike in the Black Forest.
Chris Brewer @chrisbrewer.bsky.social #StillEuropean Resident in the mysterious Headington/Marston borderlands. A pleasant shade of Green. 💚 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇦🐸
Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social 🥰 wee animals, foxes everywhere.
I detest Politcians in it for themselves. Hate Brexit🇪🇺 l Believe in Independence #YES for countries 🏴🏴🏴🇨🇮 🇺🇦 & #Wulferhampton 🤣 Try to make a better world, not a shite one🙏 ElbowsUpScotland 🏴 Fash can GTF
🏴Brian McG.⭐⭐🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇬🇱 @br1mcg.bsky.social Husband, Aberdeen FC ,Cycling, Hiking, winter sports & RedSox Fan Kilkenny Hurling ftw..veggie. Occasional Gym Rat, hates fascists. Still trying to learn Spanish.
Share caring for Dementia Sufferer,
NW Eng , NE Somerset.. but my home is Aberdeen
Fellsandlakes @fellsandlakes.bsky.social Itchy feet. Missed living near the sea so left the fells for the sea and Scottish hills
Love walks, books, coffee, soft spot for Dublin and Amsterdam
Can be found on any street or in any cafe chatting to people
Last in the queue for patience
JJKettlewell @jjkettlewell.bsky.social Author, editor, photographer. Mainly here to share photos.
Jock Rutherford @jockr.bsky.social An IT Professional with interests in economics, science, history and technology. Guelph, Ontario.
Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social Working to protect and improve Edinburgh's river, for the benefit of wildlife and our community.
A healthy river cared for by its community
Gordon @gordymci.bsky.social Interests include, hillwalking , kayaking, running , reading , playing guitar, listening to music.
Location- Scotland UK
Tim Allott @timallott.bsky.social Physical geographer. Mostly retired. Partial to bogs, landscape photography, mountains, golf and whisky. Not always in that order.
@little-mice-in-sky.bsky.social @little-mice-in-sky.bsky.social 
Beach Beth 🌊 @beachbeth1.bsky.social My retirement project is helping keep the Firth of Clyde clean. The Clyde is a beautiful inland sea with porpoises, dolphins, seals, sometimes whales, and migratory seabirds like gannets #beachclean #FirthofClyde #CowalPeninsula #Argyll #Scotland
Shirley Sheyes @shirleysheyes.bsky.social Taking an interest in the environment, corporate greed, vested interests & political hypocrisy. Big fan of joined-up thinking & sustainability in all spheres
Maria cassiopeiaknits @cassiopeiaknits.bsky.social Connector of people, #ClimateJustice #climatecrisisclub 🌎 #Mobilitätswende #carfree #cycling #mdRzA 🚴♂️ #knitting 🧶, #FCKNZS 🏡Berlin prev. Oxford #thfbleibt 💚
Colourful accessories for you & your home
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Donald @donalda007.bsky.social Old guy in France
Martine Deckers 🇳🇱 @mdeckers.bsky.social I am a clinical chemist who loves running, photography, travelling, camping and I am crewmember of a dutch hot air balloonclub
#rockyroadmartine
Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social University Dean for Portfolio, Curriculum and Learning Innovation @ Cardiff Uni; SFHEA; Roman military historian; Mountain Rescuer; long-suffering Cardiff Rugby supporter; Durotrigan.
James Aithie 🏴 @jamesaithie.bsky.social "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"- Soren Kierkagaard
Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴
I'd mute #ScottishIndependence if that's not your bag, as I bang on about it a lot.