Winter Wildlife

I hope you had an enjoyable festive break and managed to get out and about to enjoy wildlife. 

On 20th December we were surprised to unexpectedly find this Peacock Butterfly in Craiglockart Dell (alongside the Water of Leith)

 December was very mild, which explains this butterfly. January is reassuringly cold, as shown by this photo of the Water of Leith yesterday

Over the festive period we've also enjoyed walks around Arthur's Seat, Blackford Pond, North Merchiston Cemetery and Corstorphine Hill, though with remarkably few photos to show for it (the trees below are on Corstorphine Hill). 

We also enjoyed a day at Cramond, where we did take more photos, here's a view over to Cramond Island 

and a close up by Crafty Green Boyfriend 

and here's a view of the fields at Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh's Agro-ecology project, where we ended up

Best wishes for the New Year!