Haddington to East Linton along the River Tyne

It's another beautiful day today and we took the bus to Haddington in East Lothian to try out the riverside walk along the Tyne to East Linton. A juvenile grey heron greeted us near the bridge as we started the walk

The walk starts here

and passes through areas of farmland

where it is quite open and the sheep need to gather under the trees to escape the heat

and areas of shady woodland, where it is much cooler

The river banks are lined with trees, specially willows

We saw lots of buzzards, flying high on the thermals, none of them close enough to capture on camera, several grey herons and a group of ten goosanders, which kept flying up and down the river. There were also several large white butterflies and several speckled woods too, thanks to Crafty Green Boyfriend for this photo

Also plenty of hoverflies, including this Eristalis sp (photographed with a funny little moth, that I feel I should know the name of, but can't remember, feel free to remind me in the comments, if you know its name!)

The route also passes by the ruins of Hailes Castle

and then to East Linton to catch a bus back to Edinburgh.

It's a lovely walk, quite manageable at 6 miles and with a good part of it being shaded by trees to avoid heat exhaustion on a hot day.