For anyone keeping count that’s 53 volunteers out today contributing 110 hours of effort in one day!! So with the Centre back open daily and now school groups have returned for the remainder of the term for outside only learning programmes, everyone is back and working at full tilt. It feels so good!!
Fingal Meadow looked stunning this week when volunteers went to survey it. Last year the space was seeded with a …
We are delighted to finally be back open every day 10.00 to 4.00pm, sadly our exhibition space will have to remain …
May Action After many many months of working with just Water of Leith volunteers, with the lifting of restrictions we’ve …
Thanks to pressure from Community Councils, local Councillor Gavin Corbett and ourselves, it looks like a plan will be cooked …
This stunning picture of the otter was taken by Charles Everitt (winner of Scottish Wildlife Photo of the Year). What …
Our events are back – tickets available via Eventbrite.
The spring clean up has been moving at a fair pace up and down the river and with water levels low we’ve been able to get out a lot of waste that hadn’t been accessible before on the river bed and banks.
Word from the artisit – Rob Hainsworth…
As of Wednesday 28th April we are delighted to welcome visitors back inside to see our newly refurbished cafe area.
This ‘too cute’ image of a duckling was taken by Tom Kelly @gowildedinburgh And these fluffies definitely show why bees …
In march, we expanded our fleet to include two inflatable kayaks, a canoe and a volunteer made coracle.
The fishing season begins on the 1 April to 30 September and permits can now be downloaded from Edinburgh Council.
We hope to welcome you all back inside and to see our new cafe area complete with brand new serving desk, coffee machine, fridge, washing basin, and hopefully news chairs and tables.
This year we have also been blown away by the amount of donations and fundraising support we have received from the public.
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.
