Today though rather than be in waders in the river counting giant hogweed or pulling out our umpteenth traffic cone …
At the end of the financial year we like to crunch the numbers – how many tasks? How many school …
Exciting opportunity to join our team as a Conservation Officer. A diverse role which focuses on delivery of conservation work, river clean ups, habitat improvement and INNS work.
What the Victorians did for the Water of Leith, sending the three p’s elsewhere
Unfortunately there has been some issues with the new path surface which has be laid from Lanark Road to Colinton …
Read how we worked to develop a project at Roseburn to create a ‘nature based solution’ to erosion
While wading in the river the conservation team often notice masses of different mosses and liverworts that are blanketing the riverbank in layers. Species changing with the river levels, light, temperature, geology, and habitat. Winter is a great time to work on your Bryophytes Identification as other plants are still dormant allowing one to get a closer look at this wonderful micro world.
Volunteers Make Eel Ropes with Jack Wooton from Forth Rivers Trust
Check out the latest improvement plan for Coalie Park in Leith
Here at the Trust we love maps and we recently came across this wonderful website featuring all the mill sites …
As #COP26 draws to close we are thinking of how climate change will affect the Water of Leith in the …
The Water of Leith Conservation Trust works to conserve and enhance the river, its heritage and wildlife: The Trust promotes education and recreation through the Visitor Centre, and works with volunteers and community groups to deliver around 240 river clean-ups and habitat improvement tasks annually.
