Post Category: Wildlife

News

Michaels Fungi Adventures in the Dells

Welcome to the beautiful and weird world of Fungi that is right on the doorstep of the Water of Leith …

Blog

Summer Update from Ranger Johnny

A look at what the Conservation Team have been upto recently.

Wildlife

Fishing season is now closed but check out some of Alex’s trout

Some images and reflections on this years fishing season.

Volunteers

Meadow Surveys – the results

For the last four years, our dedicated volunteers have been steadily collecting data of each of our wildflower meadows. This …

News

6 weeks on the Biomatrix Platforms are growing well and welcoming Leith’s latest residents

This ‘snuggle’ of eider chicks were spotted having a snooze on one of the platforms this week. They seem to …

News

Biomatrix platforms create new habitats in Leith

Exciting new addition to the basin areas – creating homes for wildlife and increasing plant diversity

News

77 INNS (Invasive Non Native Species) treatment tasks in 2022

At this time of year, the conservation team does a lot of number crunching to see how many tasks were …

Wildlife

An otterly healthy diet

Regular readers will be aware that we currently have two families of otters on the river. Two sets of mothers …

News

Boosting Biodiversity by planting wildflowers and sowing seeds

This mild extended autumn has really helped us with this years planting season. Back in March Trust Manager Helen was …

Events

Tales from the Riverbank was a ‘wild’ success

Family event enjoyed by dozens of families looked at the trials and tribulations of life on the riverbank

Wildlife

Electro-fishing Survey – the results are in

To give the river a much-needed health check, Charlotte worked with Forth River Trust in July to carry out an …

Wildlife

Electro-fishing with Charlotte and Forth Rivers Trust

Two weeks ago our Conservation Officer Charlotte completed her ‘Introduction to Electrofishing’ training near Inverness run by the Ness District …

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