A few years ago, I was employed to carry out wildlife surveys of all of the council managed cemeteries in Edinburgh, a job I really enjoyed. I still try to visit cemeteries whenever I pass. One of my favourites is Newington Cemetery and as I was in the vicinity yesterday, I took a wee wander there. One of the things I love about this cemetery is how it feels like a natural woodland but also it feels well managed, helped by the fact that not too many of the gravestones have been vandalised or pushed over for the sakes of health and safety as is the case in many of our older cemeteries.
There are lots of beautiful trees in this cemetery, including this magnificent cherry
Lots of birds were singing and flying around and I made notes of them all for the BTO's Birds in Greenspaces project which you can join here, if you're in the UK.
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This week's Crafty Green Poet Substack post is out now, all about haiku and nature, you can read it here.
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