Today for the first time since Storm Eowyn hit, I made a patrol of the Dells alongside the Water of Leith.
It was sad to see so many trees had been damaged, two bridges had also been damaged by falling trees, including Bog's Bridge:
Not only is passage across this bridge completely blocked by fallen tree trunks, but it looks like the stone walls and the railings have been damaged too. There's lots of fallen branches in the river under the bridge too.
(Storm Eowyn has caused a lot of damage across Edinburgh, lots of trees have been damaged or killed, including our tallest tree, a Himalayan Cedar that had grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens. Roofs have been ripped off buildings across the city too. Most people stayed inside during the storm and I've not heard of anyone being injured around here.)
Storm damage does mean that branches and twigs from high up in the trees can now be found on the ground, sometimes with beautiful arrangements of lichens and mosses on them. There's a lovely selection on the branch below, including the bright yellow of the lichen Xanthoria parietina.
One of the things I always look out for at this time of year is the Scarlet Elf Cup fungus. I was very happy to find it again this year, in the same place where I've seen it for the past few years. The photos below show the one fungus I could get a good photo of
but when I had a good look round, I could see that there were many more Scarlet Elf Cups hidden away among the fallen leaves and mosses. I think they might become larger and more obvious in the next week or so.
I was also very happy to see that my favourite patch of snowdrops is in full bloom again
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