Recently, I've also been sometimes adding the Slateford to Saughton Park stretch of the river to my walk, as the trust is currently without a regular volunteer to do this patch. This is a much more urban part of the river, with a couple of stubbornly bad blackspots of litter. It's a surprisingly good area for wildlife though. Yesterday, I saw two dippers and a grey wagtail and had my best ever sighting of a goldcrest, which hopped round the branches near me, just at eye level, for several minutes.
Plus the snowdrops are lovely at the minute and I found this patch of winter aconite, a beautiful garden escape which I've never seen before.
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8 comments:
Volunteering is a great idea.. Nice to way to also enjoy the nature scenes and birds. Have a happy day!
Good for you for volunteering. It's healthy getting out in nature. Doing some good at the same time is wonderful!
Not only is the volunteering good, but it is good for us to know a piece of ground in such detail that we notice all the changes of the seasons and are grounded in that place.
That's an excellent point, sage and one of the main reasons i love this volunteering
beautiful blooms.
that's a great idea,if you're close enough,xx Rachel
Well done, and thanks for taking us along.
I got more than 1 huge bag of litter from the roadside along the area I monitor here in the Pacific NW today. But it has been 7 months since I last cleaned it up!
Change of scenery pretty nice, eh?
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