Yesterday we went on a lovely walk along the Water of Leith from Roseburn to Stockbridge.
This is a pretty stretch of the river, though it gets very crowded around Dean Village and Stockbridge, two areas of Edinburgh (and the river) that are very popular with tourists.
Otters are quite often seen in the Water of Leith, but just up from Dean Village, there is the one spot in the city where you can actually guarantee seeing an otter:
This otterly adorable statue has been there for years, but not many people know about it!
There's quite a lot of River Water Crowfoot in the river at the moment. This is a beautiful plant when in flower, though very easy to overlook otherwise.
but there are several patches here, and they seem to be well rooted in the rocks above the weir
Plenty of other plants are currently in bloom along the river, including Hairy Willowherb
2 comments:
Looks like a pretty spot for your walk.
Cool sighting of the otter.
Take care, have a great week!
I love a walk by a river and we are lucky enough to have a few fine rivers down here in South Devon…The River Dart, The River Teign, The River Exe and running through my town, The River Lemon. My son and I once went up on to Dartmoor to trace the source of the River Lemon! I love the Otter, by the way! And Water Crowfoot is such a pretty plant. 😁
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