Well hello... Spiny Norman trundling around earlier this morning outside the house here in #Shetland. The #SimmerDim must be a little confusing for hedgehogs, with such short nights and long days. 🦔
June 21, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Well hello... Spiny Norman trundling around earlier this morning outside the house here in #Shetland. The #SimmerDim must be a little confusing for hedgehogs, with such short nights and long days. 🦔
Gloaming, twilight, dusk,
the simmerdim; magical
liminal timeframes.
the simmerdim; magical
liminal timeframes.
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Gloaming, twilight, dusk,
the simmerdim; magical
liminal timeframes.
the simmerdim; magical
liminal timeframes.
...and some of album artwork (including birds of course!)
1 Modern Nature: Island of Noise, 2 Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, 3 Modern Nature: How to Live, 4 Odds Are: Revolving Door #birds #art #nature #music #albumcoverart
1 Modern Nature: Island of Noise, 2 Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, 3 Modern Nature: How to Live, 4 Odds Are: Revolving Door #birds #art #nature #music #albumcoverart
January 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
...and some of album artwork (including birds of course!)
1 Modern Nature: Island of Noise, 2 Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, 3 Modern Nature: How to Live, 4 Odds Are: Revolving Door #birds #art #nature #music #albumcoverart
1 Modern Nature: Island of Noise, 2 Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, 3 Modern Nature: How to Live, 4 Odds Are: Revolving Door #birds #art #nature #music #albumcoverart
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yes, it is a video.
Hoswick at 11.20pm,
Wednesday 2 July.
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#Shetland #SimmerDim #WhiteNights #ScotlandIsNow
Hoswick at 11.20pm,
Wednesday 2 July.
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#Shetland #SimmerDim #WhiteNights #ScotlandIsNow
July 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Yes, it is a video.
Hoswick at 11.20pm,
Wednesday 2 July.
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#Shetland #SimmerDim #WhiteNights #ScotlandIsNow
Hoswick at 11.20pm,
Wednesday 2 July.
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#Shetland #SimmerDim #WhiteNights #ScotlandIsNow
In Orkney and Shetland, Selkies are known to shed their skins to sing and dance at midsummer. This magical time when the sun never fully sinks below the horizon is called the “simmer dim.” 🌅🦭💖
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #selkies #SelkieMoon #orkney #shetland #midsummer #simmerdim
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #selkies #SelkieMoon #orkney #shetland #midsummer #simmerdim
August 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In Orkney and Shetland, Selkies are known to shed their skins to sing and dance at midsummer. This magical time when the sun never fully sinks below the horizon is called the “simmer dim.” 🌅🦭💖
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #selkies #SelkieMoon #orkney #shetland #midsummer #simmerdim
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #selkies #SelkieMoon #orkney #shetland #midsummer #simmerdim
With a week till the Summer Solstice, it is the season of the #SimmerDim in the Northern Isles. Sunset was over an hour ago now but it's still fairly light. Sunrise is just over 4 hours away... #Orkney #Sunset #Sunrise
June 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
With a week till the Summer Solstice, it is the season of the #SimmerDim in the Northern Isles. Sunset was over an hour ago now but it's still fairly light. Sunrise is just over 4 hours away... #Orkney #Sunset #Sunrise
myshetland.co.uk/the-simmer-d...
I took this photo at 11.30 p.m. Still Simmer Dim.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #catanddog #dog #workingdog #terrier #whitecat #simmerdim
I took this photo at 11.30 p.m. Still Simmer Dim.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #catanddog #dog #workingdog #terrier #whitecat #simmerdim
The Simmer Dim
This is to show you just how light it is at night this time of year – I took this photo from my bedroom window at 11.30 p.m last night. It doesn’t get any darker at the moment but the …
myshetland.co.uk
July 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
myshetland.co.uk/the-simmer-d...
I took this photo at 11.30 p.m. Still Simmer Dim.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #catanddog #dog #workingdog #terrier #whitecat #simmerdim
I took this photo at 11.30 p.m. Still Simmer Dim.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #catanddog #dog #workingdog #terrier #whitecat #simmerdim
One of my favourite things about my new house is the view from my bedroom window 😍 sea and big skies. Taken just before midnight
#Orkney #SimmerDim
#Orkney #SimmerDim
June 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
One of my favourite things about my new house is the view from my bedroom window 😍 sea and big skies. Taken just before midnight
#Orkney #SimmerDim
#Orkney #SimmerDim
Day of the great yawn
White to yellow light comes dawn
Auburns patiently wait
#DailyNature
Happy solstice! 🌳☀️🌿
Also, a word for today:
🌇*Simmerdim*🌆
The light that lingers after sunset during the midsummer season
#NaturePoetry #Haiku #MicroPoetry #DsilyHaiku #Solstice #30DaysWild
White to yellow light comes dawn
Auburns patiently wait
#DailyNature
Happy solstice! 🌳☀️🌿
Also, a word for today:
🌇*Simmerdim*🌆
The light that lingers after sunset during the midsummer season
#NaturePoetry #Haiku #MicroPoetry #DsilyHaiku #Solstice #30DaysWild
June 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Day of the great yawn
White to yellow light comes dawn
Auburns patiently wait
#DailyNature
Happy solstice! 🌳☀️🌿
Also, a word for today:
🌇*Simmerdim*🌆
The light that lingers after sunset during the midsummer season
#NaturePoetry #Haiku #MicroPoetry #DsilyHaiku #Solstice #30DaysWild
White to yellow light comes dawn
Auburns patiently wait
#DailyNature
Happy solstice! 🌳☀️🌿
Also, a word for today:
🌇*Simmerdim*🌆
The light that lingers after sunset during the midsummer season
#NaturePoetry #Haiku #MicroPoetry #DsilyHaiku #Solstice #30DaysWild
May 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
June 2, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Beautiful in Stromness today.
Also beautiful at 4am this morning when I woke up.
Just over a month to the longest day when it is pretty much light for 18 hours, with twilight, known as the Simmerdim in the Northern Isles.
Also beautiful at 4am this morning when I woke up.
Just over a month to the longest day when it is pretty much light for 18 hours, with twilight, known as the Simmerdim in the Northern Isles.
May 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Beautiful in Stromness today.
Also beautiful at 4am this morning when I woke up.
Just over a month to the longest day when it is pretty much light for 18 hours, with twilight, known as the Simmerdim in the Northern Isles.
Also beautiful at 4am this morning when I woke up.
Just over a month to the longest day when it is pretty much light for 18 hours, with twilight, known as the Simmerdim in the Northern Isles.
Came across an album that supports curlews (we don't have them here), and some is normal music and a lot is bird sounds, most is both, and it's amazing
Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, by Various Artists
22 track album
curlewsounds.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Came across an album that supports curlews (we don't have them here), and some is normal music and a lot is bird sounds, most is both, and it's amazing
The Simmerdim. Twenty past eleven at night. No filter. So beautiful.
June 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
The Simmerdim. Twenty past eleven at night. No filter. So beautiful.
I went outside about 11pm to rescue my washing and caught these colours in the sky 😍 There is a part of me that lives in #Orkney for the joy of this time of year! You can feel the #SimmerDim is just around the corner
May 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I went outside about 11pm to rescue my washing and caught these colours in the sky 😍 There is a part of me that lives in #Orkney for the joy of this time of year! You can feel the #SimmerDim is just around the corner
Not bad for midnight! Heading away for a much needed break tomorrow but I know I'll be glad to come back home to #Orkney after it 😍 #SimmerDim
July 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Not bad for midnight! Heading away for a much needed break tomorrow but I know I'll be glad to come back home to #Orkney after it 😍 #SimmerDim
Randomly woke up & went outside to take a nice #SimmerDim photo to post for the #Solstice
Then I saw a news update 😱I really did hope this was another case of all talking from the buffoon in the White House. The #nuclear threat comes from US/Israel causing another Chernobyl by bombing Iranian sites!
Then I saw a news update 😱I really did hope this was another case of all talking from the buffoon in the White House. The #nuclear threat comes from US/Israel causing another Chernobyl by bombing Iranian sites!
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Randomly woke up & went outside to take a nice #SimmerDim photo to post for the #Solstice
Then I saw a news update 😱I really did hope this was another case of all talking from the buffoon in the White House. The #nuclear threat comes from US/Israel causing another Chernobyl by bombing Iranian sites!
Then I saw a news update 😱I really did hope this was another case of all talking from the buffoon in the White House. The #nuclear threat comes from US/Israel causing another Chernobyl by bombing Iranian sites!
Perhaps you have a fairylight corner of your soul that needs a sparkly simmerdim once in a while?
September 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Perhaps you have a fairylight corner of your soul that needs a sparkly simmerdim once in a while?
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Ultimate Calm: Erland Cooper: Series 5
Now Playing
Merlyn Driver
Simmerdim
Ultimate Calm: Erland Cooper: Series 5
Now Playing
Merlyn Driver
Simmerdim
September 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Ultimate Calm: Erland Cooper: Series 5
Now Playing
Merlyn Driver
Simmerdim
Ultimate Calm: Erland Cooper: Series 5
Now Playing
Merlyn Driver
Simmerdim
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #RoundMidnight
Camilla George & Tamar Osborn:
🎵 Curlew Suite
#BBCRadio3 #CamillaGeorge #TamarOsborn
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Curlew Suite
Camilla George, Tamar Osborn · Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds · Song · 2022
open.spotify.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:32 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #RoundMidnight
Camilla George & Tamar Osborn:
🎵 Curlew Suite
#BBCRadio3 #CamillaGeorge #TamarOsborn
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
“Simmerdim” by Merlyn Driver #nowplaying #radio3
April 19, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“Simmerdim” by Merlyn Driver #nowplaying #radio3
“Simmerdim” by Merlyn Driver & Nathan Riki Thomson #nowplaying #radio3
October 7, 2024 at 9:26 PM
“Simmerdim” by Merlyn Driver & Nathan Riki Thomson #nowplaying #radio3