Angus Miller

The Water of Leith path, is well used and much loved - by local residents and by visitors. It is a key green artery across Edinburgh and it interconnects with multiple other paths and places of interest. It requires and deserves proper maintenance and investment.

An evening of appreciation: Mike Browne's contributions to geoconservation in Lothian & Borders, Scotland & UK. Tribute to champion of geology & geoconservation. Edinburgh Geological Society. #geoconservation #geology #Scotland #ScottishGeology⚒️ @geowalks.scot @bgs.ac.uk @scottishgeology.bsky.social

The new Deep Time Trail to Siccar Point, opened this year to mark the tercentenary of the birth of geologist James Hutton, now has the interpretation this famous and important site deserves. Great work by @scottishgeology.bsky.social and Edinburgh Geological Society and donors.

This is Dubreuillosaurus. Known from one fossil, the holotype. Described in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2002. Accessioned into France's national collection, the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, as MNHN 1998-13. Now up for auction. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

October 8, 1835, Charles Darwin went ashore at James Island (today Santiago), Galápagos, where he noted magmatic differentation and fractional crystallisation 🌋💎

Too soon!

Out today: We show that Westlothiana lizziae or "Lizzie," described 35 years ago as the world's oldest reptile - is not a stem amniote at all, but a stem tetrapod. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We've applied for a Coastal Communities Fund grant to help repair our rear gallery roof - but we need your help! The public decides who will be awarded funding, so we'd love it if you could spare a few minutes to view for us!

This is a fantastic free resource for finding out about Britain's geology and also seeing how interpretations have changed with time.

The BGS maps portal provides access to over 45,000 high-res viewing images of almost all maps produced by BGS since mapping started in 1832. This sheet is from 1852. It shows North part of Anglesey, and part of Holyhead Island Mineral Lodes. Access the portal: www.bgs.ac.uk/information-...

Cracking day in the North West Highlands UNESCO Global Geopark on a GeoWorld Travel geology tour of Scotland. Unbeatable geology, bearable weather!

Walking the #kiltwalk dressed as a Womble. Surely that deserves a donation to @greenteamedin.bsky.social ?? www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Scottish geologist James Hutton immortalised in Permo-Triassic red sandstone, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. So radical in his ideas that they’ve put him in a cage. @nationalgalleries.bsky.social

Are you starting to plan for the autumn? Great news, the Centre for Open Learning at Edinburgh University have restarted our introductory, in-person geology courses this term, taught by me and Fiona McGibbon. col.ed.ac.uk/lifelong-lea...

My wife Penny has built the Green Team from a tiny charity to the force that it is today: making a huge difference in young peoples' lives. It's tough to keep charities going and growing. Please support us in the Kiltwalk. We'll be litter-picking as we go. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Looking forward to contributing to this today at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social james-hutton.org/event/discov...

Heavy cloud at start of solar eclipse this evening. Galabraes Standing Stone, Bathgate Hills, West Lothian, Scotland. What a place to experience a rare astronomical event - a prehistoric site. #eclipse #StandingStone #GalabraesStandingStone #Bathgate #WestLothian #Scotland #SolarEclipse

Some great news #MiningLandscapes and the National Mining Museum Scotland are collaborating with #Fife abstract artist Paul McGinty on his new project Beneath the Skin exploring injury and disease in the mining industry funded by @creativescots.bsky.social More info 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news

Delighted to say that The Fossil Woman A Life of Mary Anning has been reprinted and is available once again. It can be ordered through your local bookshop, or uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... If you’re lucky enough to visit Lyme Regis you’ll find it at the Lyme Regis Bookshop and Lyme Regis Museum.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Some lovely song, reflection, geology and Deep Time at Siccar Point with Karine Polwart on BBC Radio 4 tonight.

James Hutton and The Restless Earth. Plunge into the abyss of deep geological time via music & song with Karine Polwart on BBC Radio 4... In tercentenary year of Hutton's birth. Celebrating 300 years of deep time thinking. With Angus Miller @geowalks.scot. #JamesHutton www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I'm teaching 7 different introductory geology courses at the Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh in the next academic year. Full details here - geowalks.scot/geology-cour... Plus you can find my existing recorded online courses there too!

Interesting choice of image for an article on the visitor levy.

Say hello to Albadris smithsoni! A new Carboniferous tetrapod from Scotland, a little critter living in the coal swamps. Named after Tim Smithson. Fossils found by Frank Elliott. Study led by @theo-nychus.bsky.social for his Masters in Edinburgh. Congrats Theo! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Teaching magma mingling to a group of American geologists on Drumadoon point in the blazing sunshine. Geology is pretty neat.

A magical day in the company of Joanna Kessel & Helen Bodycomb, on final day of their deep time mosaics workshop in Edinburgh. The participants made a stunning range of beautiful and thought-provoking mosaics in stone and other materials, in celebration of the Tercentenary of James Hutton's birth.

Excellent photo that shows the problem with Holyrood Park. It's the gorse, not the grass, that burns. Not enough resources to properly deal with the gorse. So this will happen again and again with all the attendant costs and implications for wildlife and human health.

The Construction Historian likes a nice old brick. I may have mentioned this before... Here is a very important initiative to try to put two major brick collections and a database onto a more sustainable footing for the future. If you agree, let them know. www.mining-landscapes.org/news/announc...

The hill(s) I will die on. Arthur's Seat & Salisbury Crags are separate hills. Separate geologically, topographically and on Ordnance Survey maps. Yesterday's fire was on the slopes of Salisbury Crags. Many news sources, the fire service & even Historic Environment Scotland have got this wrong!

Good. Looks like just about all the gorse has burned from beneath Salisbury Craigs. But it will just grow back, and fires will continue. What's the cost of the emergency response, the lost wildlife and biodiversity and cost to human health of the smoke? Should the gorse be managed differently?

1am update: Photo of the fire on the Crags in Edinburgh by Minute subscriber Adam Johnston.

Excellent photo that shows the problem with Holyrood Park. It's the gorse, not the grass, that burns. Not enough resources to properly deal with the gorse. So this will happen again and again with all the attendant costs and implications for wildlife and human health.

Time to get out of here… #wildfire #holyroodpark

Looks bad. Slope underneath Salisbury Crags, not Arthur's Seat. Which I hope will mean it's got less space to spread compared to last year's fire.

Still a few places left to join artist Winston Plowes and #MiningLandscapes for a free ‘land art taster session’ Monday 20th July 11.15 start at the former Westfield opencast coaling site between #Ballingry and #Kinglassie #Fife to book your place nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news/dances-...

Welcome to the wee Spiorad aird nam Murchan Gallery, please do pop by if you’re local or visiting the peninsula. It was one of my biggest hopes and dreams that this ongoing project of the last almost ten years (and many years into the future) would have a permanent home within place it was made 🙏🏻

Great to see that Scotland is still in the volcano world cup. And currently winning our match! Voting closes tomorrow... eruptions.site/2026/07/08/v...

You all have until tomorrow morning (ET) to cast your Round of 16 votes in the Volcano World Cup. The quarterfinal matchups will be out tomorrow! Vote! #1: eruptions.site/2026/07/06/v... #2: eruptions.site/2026/07/08/v...

Great photos of one of over 30 Hutton-related events I've enjoyed over the last 5 weeks. It's been a blast!

James Hutton in Holyrood Park. Geowalk wth Angus Miller @geowalks.scot of Edinburgh Geological Society. Celebrating 300 years of #JamesHutton. Scottish Geology Festival 2026. #geowalk #geology #landscape #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh #Scotland #ScottishGeology #ScotGeolFest26 @scottishgeology.bsky.social

Was more like blithely chucking the bread of victory into the duck bills of defeat the way we coughed it up to Brazil last night. 😢

A pleasure. Good company, fine views on a lovely sunny morning.

Last (week) but certainly not least! The final week of the Scottish Geology Festival is packed with events. We cover it all, from literature, music, fashion and more. Attend a concert or a rock museum, learn about caves, or see how geology inspires creativity in our creative workshops.

🚨If you're in Edinburgh tomorrow, June 23, come along to the beautiful Toppings bookshop as I introduce The Story of Birds to my pals in my adopted hometown! Ticket info👇

Well. I hadn't realised the Volcano World Cup was underway. Nice to see that Scotland is leading this poll AND the group table in the other world cup. Happy days. @scottishgeology.bsky.social