Pigeons Take Flight

Pigeons taking off from the Water of Leith walkway looking down to Sandport Bridge.

Forever Flying Upriver

A metal statue of a bird taking off on the Water of Leith, between Stockbridge and the Dean Village.

This photo is available on Redbubble: Black Duck.

Sunday Swan Blogging

On 14th July I saw that the mute swans who nest each year on the Water of Leith had hatched seven cygnets. (Seven Swans Swimming)

Almost exactly a month later I saw the whole family again: still seven cygnets and two adult swans:

Surveying the Sandport Place bridge

This photo is available on Redbubble: Seagull Surveys.

Seven swans swimming

There’s a pair of mute swans on the Water of Leith that have been hatching a bevy there for years: this year there are seven cygnets swimming with their parents. (You can see the photos I took last year here.)

This photo is available on Redbubble: Swans on the river.

Sandport Bridge: A flurry of wings

Seagulls and pigeons, competing over some scraps, rise suddenly into the air as the photographer approaches. This picture was taken in January on the path beside the Water of Leith as it approaches Sandport Bridge: the houses by the Shore are seen beyond the rising birds.

I took this photo here. It’s available on Redbubble: A flurry of wings.

Cleaning up the Water of Leith

I took this picture here. It’s available on Redbubble: The cleanup patrol.

Water of Leith: swans

There is a breeding pair of mute swans whose territory is the Water of Leith, from the Shore up to Broughton. I see them almost every day.

This photo was taken here. It’s on Redbubble: Swan on the water.

Edinburgh Zoo: Sunday 2nd March

Edinburgh Zoo is one of my favourite places to wander around. When I first thought of doing this blog, I thought initially of a zooblog. (A photozooblog?) Okay: I like taking photos of too many things to have a zooblog, but I have loved wandering round this zoo and seeing what there is to be seen, for over thirty years. (The Google Maps link for Edinburgh Zoo is here.)

The Chilean flamingos share an enclosure with other South American birds, but they’re the most conspicuous:

This photo is available on Redbubble: Pretty in pink.