Post Tag: wildlife

Wildlife

Survey Season Round-up 2024

Dan our Conservation Officer gives a summary of our years survey activities, in total the team conducted 3 Bioblitz’s, 12 ...

Wildlife

BioBlitz’s in the Pentland Hills

Readers may remember, back in June, we conducted a ‘BioBlitz’ at Coalie Park at which our volunteer recorders found 264 ...

Wildlife

BioBlitz at Coalie finds 264 species!!

BioBlitzers ready to survey at Coalie Park

Volunteers

Seasonal Update from Ranger Johnny

January to April was known years ago as our quieter time, when we had a chance to reflect on the ...

News

Mission Giant Hogweed begins

This week staff began our chemical spraying of Giant Hogweed along the banks of the river to prevent the spread ...

Blog

Michael’s year as our Trainee Ranger

Michael joined us back in April 2023 as a Trainee Ranger on the New to Nature scheme - and he ...

Blog

An Ecological Summer is planned with our new Conservation Officer, Steven

Steven reflects on this first month or two in post and talks about ecological work we have planned for the ...

Volunteers

Riverfly Surveys – the results for 2023

The Water of Leith Conservation Trust began Riverfly sampling in May 2023. After some provisional monitoring and sampling at various ...

News

Hannah is leaving and we are looking for a new Conservation Officer

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime and for Hannah it’s been a pleasurable ...

News

Johnny’s Autumn Update from the Conservation Team

I’m never sure which I enjoy more those heady days of summer sweating slightly in waders & wielding a scythe ...

Visitor Centre

Free Trees available from the Centre – this week and into 2024

This winter Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust are giving away 9,000 trees to Edinburgh residents in partnership with City of ...

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 ...

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