I'm continuing my wildlife surveys of Edinburgh's cemeteries. Today was sunny and cold as I visited the Grange Cemetery. I have never visited this cemetery before, though I have looked over the perimeter wall from the bus! It's a lovely cemetery with plenty of trees, some of which were looking magnificent in the autumn sunlight, like this oak
The Cemetery is looked after by the Grange Association, which has put together a tree trail round the cemetery and also has a wealth of information about the trees on its website.
There were a lot of birds in the cemetery while I was visiting, including a great spotted woodpecker, a sizeable flock of redwings (a winter visiting thrush), wrens, a sparrowhawk and a coal tit.
I was interested to find this strange stuff, which is dog vomit slime mould!
More appealing looking than that are the many mosses, including Grimmia pulvinata, which is my favourite moss
Lovely! We have graupel and snow today!
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting survey you are undertaking. I know that cemeteries are often good places to see birds. The Grange is doing a lovely job of caring for this one, for the dead and the living as that path is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteThat does look a nice cemetery, I enjoyed seeing your photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan