Working to protect and improve Edinburgh's river, for the benefit of wildlife and our community. A healthy river cared for by its communityhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mycyo3mrv22hA productive day at Saughton park with volunteers from Informed solutions and some of their partners from the Scottish Government all lending a hand. Teams helped to improve the local paths for the many users and waded the river to keep it healthy. Thanks for all effort team20 Oct 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycyo3mrv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3myadvvd7bs2zAnother great turn out for the session in Bonnington today where we got busy trimming vegetation and sweeping leaves from the paths, cleaned graffiti, removed litter from the walkway and the water, and trimmed back 2 large willow trees that were hanging across river. Brilliant!🙌19 Oct 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myadvvd7bs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mya5xmgkxk22A lovely start to the week taking a walk through Craiglockart Dell on a fungi survey. Plenty on show at the moment from artist palletes, earth stars, stink horns and a beautiful violet webcap19 Oct 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya5xmgkxk22https://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxy3nc5tds2pAll about pacing [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxy3nc5tds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxwgwoh5322jA dedicated team of nineteen were out today from the Edinburgh office of Blackrock making a difference on the walkway. They did a huge rake & brush of soggy leaves from Dean Bridge to St Bernard's bridge. Followed by a cut back along the Damside path. Top effort folks15 Oct 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwgwoh5322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxtpflmfrs2vAnother fabulous turn out for today's session around Balgreen! We swept leaves and trimmed vegetation from paths, planted and weeded in the Community Garden, weeded the bridges over to Murrayfield, and coppiced willow to use in other projects. Litter picking too obviously!14 Oct 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtpflmfrs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxoqjszxms2kGreat turn out in Balerno to help with sweeping leaves and removing some old fence posts from Graham's Garden in preperation for the imminent new drystane wall to be built. We also removed some invasive snowberry and did some planting in the garden. Very productive, thanks folks!12 Oct 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxoqjszxms2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxelz3pwhs2hA great morning down at Bells with a team from the Edinburgh office of Wood Mackenzie . On the menu today was raking the meadow and sowing yellow rattle. Willow spiling to reduce bank erosion. Clearing the walkway of leaves. Refreshing the soakaway drain. Top work team 👏 👍08 Oct 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxelz3pwhs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxc3syjuek2eIt’s not all messing about in rivers! Monday’s AGM saw a fantastic turnout of members and volunteers, a great presentation on the Murrayburn, and a toast to another successful year. 🥂 Read our Annual Report https://www.waterofleith.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WOLCT-Annual-Report-2025.6-FINAL.pdf07 Oct 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc3syjuek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mxbzare57s2mA sunny session down in Leith at our monthly clean up. We protected the local environment clearing a large pile of rubbish. Maintained the walkway clearing leaves and reclaiming the width. Removed taggiing and adding additional planting to enhance it. #civicpride07 Oct 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxbzare57s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mx7vt3olos2nA busy day for staff from the Edinburgh office of AECOM at our visitor centre. They rolled up their sleeves to help get it ready for our Summer's End event on the 25th of Oct. Then they took to the river, removing several bags of waste to keep the river healthy Top work team06 Oct 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7vt3olos2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mx4znnslnk2oA breezy morning a Longstone where yhe volunteers planted 240 trees to boost the biodiversity next to Saughton Prison. Removed nine bags of litter, 1 mattress and a foot spa. Trimmed back the prison path to keep it useable for the local community. #civicpride05 Oct 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4znnslnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mx2t2uxuhc2rA busy 2nd quarter with 2,706 hours of practical volunteering recorded, making the running total 5332 hours. After the big spring clean we've moved to a more diverse list of tasks on the wallway, treating INNS biological surveys and wildflower scything04 Oct 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2t2uxuhc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mwzujriwpk2aAs the seasons change its that time of year when we begin our fungi surveys of Craiglockhart and Colinton Dells. Thus it was great to get out for a refresher on the Autumn @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social Fungi course run by Chris Knowles. Lots of knowledge gained and ready to be put into action04 Oct 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzujriwpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mwvzcris7226The final day of the Scottish Countryside Ranger Association Conference. Our rangers have been in full attendance from Tues - Fri. Sharing knowledge, developing relationships and learning some new tricks from other rangers from across Scotland. Back to looking after the natural world on Monday02 Oct 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvzcris7226https://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mwt5m2g22c2rFancy something different to celebrate the changing season - join our Samhain inspired Summer's End event on 25th October. Book your start time from 3pm onwards. £5 per person. https://www.waterofleith.org.uk/events/summers-end/01 Oct 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt5m2g22c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mwsvxn623k2aIt’s time to put the meadow to bed for the winter! Who could be better to do this than P6s from Broughton PS who stomped the cuttings to ensure every last seed hit the ground, then raked, scarified and reseeded. Thanks P6 for all your hard work!01 Oct 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsvxn623k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mwqpp4dook23Our Source to Sea geography river study started in the rainy Pentlands with Balerno and Currie HS AdH pupils. By the time we got to Slateford it was sunny and by Stockbridge it was almost summer again.30 Sep 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqpp4dook23https://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3mwo2chk33s24A second day on the trott for our hardcore volunteers, this time between Juniper Green and Kinleith, sweeping off leaves and cutting back to make the path wide and safe. Plenty of rubbish to be foraged from the undergrowth too. Time to put you feet up folks!29 Sep 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ovptprpvyab5ijlnbfx2jbwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo2chk33s24