Thanks to everyone who came out this morning around the Visitor Centre, despite the rain! We raked off the walkway and cut back privat to let more light in and dry up the path. We also collected several bags of rubbish and enjoyed a lovely tea break in the warmth of the centre.😎

#FromMyWalk yesterday: unplanned treat, by the Water of Leith - a piece by Antony Gormley and a yellow wagtail. #Photography #Diary #Scotland

And here are some of the photos my husband took of the otter earlier today at the Water of Leith 🦦📸

In Edinburgh briefly on Friday (I crossed over to the other side on Halloween) so walked a couple of miles of the Water of Leith. Trout from Glenogle Place bridge; Dipper at Dean bridge and probably appearing, unnoticed, in hundreds of tourist photos; Heron and Kingfisher behind Modern One. #birds

Big sky country today up at Riccarton, where we've been mapping Japanese Knotweed stands for treatment next year on the Murrayburn Enough rubbish in the layby to fill a bag

Male & female kingfisher plus young otter from the Water of Leith on Sunday. The female kingfisher followed the otter for a while catching small fish disturbed by it. The otter was v bold, hunting close to the bank (& several onlookers). @wolct.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Edinburgh #wildlife

Weirdly warm walk along the Water of Leith from Balerno today. Peak beech! Still time to catch the last of the autumn colours. Saw 2 herons, a hint of an otter and no kingfishers. @wolct.bsky.social @ramblersscotland.bsky.social

Great to have young people from Portobello, Firrhill, and WHEC out at the visitor centre today with the JET Academy, learning some vocational skills for employment. We raked off leaves, keeping the boardwalk and paths safe, and cut back some overhanging privat. Great job guys! ✈️

They seek the rubbish here, they seek the rubbish there, volunteers seek it everywhere. Thus it was great to get a hand from employees of Trainline , who have been out over the past two weeks cleaning up their local stretch of the walkway as part of their working day.

A good turn out of volunteers for our monthly clean up of Leith. The boat team removed lots of waste that had been washed down including 2 litter carts, whilst on dry land we continued to clear leaves to keep the walkway in good order.

Two of Scotland's most colourful birds & coincidentally two of my favourites. Bearded tit male in the Tay reed beds & male kingfisher on the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. @wolct.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Birds #wildlife #Scotland #nature

Lovely autumn colours on the Water of Leith this afternoon.

Thanks to everyone who came out to Colinton Dell today and did such an amazing job! The paths and steps are now clear and safe between Katesmill and the village, signage clean, and invasives removed. Many hand make light work! Legends🙌

On a bit of a roll with the colourful birds, after the bearded tits, close encounters with 2 maybe 3 kingfishers (and an otter) on the Water of Leith in Edinburgh today. My favourite shot so far, lots to go through (and delete!). @wolct.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Birds

The Water of Leith, where even the Kingfisher wave and say hello. #birds #ukbirds #kingfisher #friendly #wave #photography #edinburgh

A lovely stretch of the Water of Leith upstream of Spylaw Park was the focus this morning with @wolct.bsky.social I enjoyed litter picking along the water edge and amongst the woods.

Water of Leith looking particularly splendid at present. Get out and enjoy it. The benefits are manifold!

A changeable morning on the walkway between West Mill Rd and Upper Spylaw Farm. We gave the walkway a good sweep off, refreshed the drainage ditches, cut back some encroaching vegetation, & had tea in the rain before planting bulbs in the sunshine. Great work folks, thanks! ☔🌞

Some beautiful autumn colours on show today in Craiglockhart Dell. This morning we ran a water safety training session for The Green Team staff to share our knowledge. Of course we took them for a wade so they could experience the water first hand.

Out west today at a Walk Funding Network meeting with @walkingscotland.bsky.social wonderful to hear about other projects which align with our work on the Water of Leith, but as always the river stole the show.

A power of work done by the staff team from Salesforce this morning at Redbraes and St Marks. They removed old fencing from the woods, planted bulbs by the wildflower meadow and then improved the walkway by sweeping thousands of leaves.

Plenty of sunshine and leaves to be enjoyed by staff from salesforce that will be out with us this morning at St Marks park. They'll be helping to remove old wire fencing, planting bulbs and of course sweeping leaves to keep the walkway useable.

Beautiful autumn morning for a wade with @wolct.bsky.social on a stretch between Currie and Balerno. No Japanese Knotweed spotted but some litter picked.

A very pleasant morning in the sunshine at Longstone, practicing our scything technique and cutting back encroaching vegetation from the paths behind the prison. Great fun was had by all, thanks for coming out folks!

Lots of hard work this morning from our regular volunteers up at Currie. They cleared the walkway of fallen leaves, trimmed back the edges, waded the river for rubbish and planted hundreds of bulbs along the walkway ready for spring.

This is a very picturesque city. The sun definitely helped.

Autumn by the Water of Leith.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the 2nd Coalie Coalition session. We were joined by some fab volunteers from Citadel Youth and got loads done! We filled more setts at the mural, swept off the skatepark, seeded the grass, and planted wildflowers and herbs. Great work folks!

Life in high Viz

you're right. The walk along the Water of Leith from there is beautiful.

A stunning morning to be out working with staff from @woodmac.com at Saughton Park. With their help we raked off the wildflower meadow, swept paths of leaves, planted bulbs and trimmed back non native laurel from the edges . Great work folks

Finally got a decent shot of female Goosander diving + catching a fish in among sunken tree branches around the piers of Sandport Bridge on the Water of Leith today. She was catching every 2nd dive. Check out those feet keeping her under! #birds 🪶🐦 #leith @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Snaps from my walk to work this morning in the drizzle. Fujian 35/1.7 CCTV lens on the wee Sony, images processed with my latest custom style in Snapseed. 🍂🍁

Another Monday morning wade with @wolct.bsky.social working upstream from Bell's bridge. No Japanese Knotweed spotted but we did get some litter out. Strong flow of water following last night's rain & we saw two roe deer run across the river.

There were lots of thank yous from passers-by for our amazing volunteers today who were busy sweeping, raking, cutting back and litter picking around the walkway near Bogs Bridge. We even planted some bulbs, ready for springtime!🌷

#Otter this afternoon near to St Bernard’s Well in #Edinburgh - hunting its way upstream and turning over stones in the river bed @wolct.bsky.social

Water of Leith Kingfisher, distant gloom version. #Birds

A dreich but not unpleasant morning around Stedfastgate with our weekend volunteers, giving some attention to the Catherine Sinclair fountain, sweeping off the area around it, the steps, and surrounding paths. We also planted a variety of bulbs to give the area a spring lift. Thanks folks!🪻🌷💪🙌

Was having a quiet moment with Anthony this morning when a kingfisher flashed by. Twenty metres upstream a young grey heron quietly sought something to eat. The Water of Leith providing a wee slice of nature in the city @wolct.bsky.social

This heron sat nicely for me on the Water of Leith today. If only the kingfisher nearby had been so obliging. #Edinburgh

Another top team from Blackrock looking after their local section of the walkway. They removed leaves from the walkway, cut back overgrown vegetation to maximise the path width and planted hundred of bulbs ready for a spring display.

The 3rd of 5 Friday morning sessions ahead with staff from the local office of BlackRock on the Rocheid path. Plenty of leaves to be swept up, bulbs to be planted and a trim back of vegetation to keep their section looking lush.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the introductory session of the Coalie Coalition, hopefully the first of many! It was great to meet so many like-minded locals and discuss plans to help look after the park. If you'd like to get involved we'd love you to, next session is 23/10. Stay tuned!

Great morning out with Score Scotland looking at life in the river. Great to see the invertebrates booming again as the river temperatures drop and to see such enthusiasm by these young people. @SCOREscotland

Bulbs, bulbs, glorious bulbs. Thanks to a grant from CMS Law as part of their social impact fund, we've taken delivery of 2690 bulbs. These will be planted along the walkway by volunteers, to add spring colour & as an early nectar and pollen source for pollinators

Dean Village, Edinburgh #scotland #photography

A great time with staff from LGT wealth management at the Bells section. They raked up the 1st leaf fall, removed damaged wire fencing ar the meadow and blocked off dog runs on the river bank to slow down erosion. Thanks for the help team 👍

Otter on the Water of Leith

A beautiful autumnal day in Juniper Green with a great bunch of volunteers, sweeping off the walkway, cutting back, redefining the stairs down from Lanark Road, removing graffiti, clearing out drainage channels, litter picking, drinking tea and eating biscuits. Living the dream!

A good start to Monday with some more scything of the Saughton park meadow, before heading onto the walkway to help widen the path at Fords Rd. Plenty of rubbish hiding in the undergrowth