Author name: Charlotte Johnson

On Thursday 10th October we visited the RSPB Skinflats reserve near Falkirk with 36 P7 pupils from Craigentinny Primary School. Reserve Warden Allison and volunteers Grant and Nicola hosted us for a great session exploring the different habitats found on the site and the birds and animals that call it home.

For anyone that has recently visited the City Chambers, you might have spied the community map we made earlier this

Edinburgh Shoreline staff and volunteers spent a very pleasant Saturday in the Brunstane Burn with the Forth Rivers Trust, learning to survey invertebrates. Many thanks to Amy and Jonathan for spending a Saturday with us.

Many thanks to our super colleague Martine Borge, the Scottish Native Plant Horticulturist here at the Botanics, for hosting a group of residents from Wardie Bay Resident Association today.

On Sunday 1st September, the Edinburgh Shoreline Project and Lothian Conservation Volunteers planted a new wildflower meadow at Cramond.

Local resident Morag Edward is displaying a series of her artworks as part this years’ Porty Art Walk. Morag takes inspiration from the Edinburgh coast (as well us other coastlines around Scotland) and paints seascapes often with boats, birds, wildlife and swimmers in these scenes.

The Edinburgh Shoreline Project is delighted to offer the opportunity for one P6 or P7 class from a school in a coastal region of Edinburgh to visit RSPB Skinflats, near Falkirk.

On Friday 26th July the Edinburgh Shoreline Project accompanied academics from the University of Edinburgh for their first meadow scoping exercise. As part of Edinburgh Shoreline: The Wild Line the University of Edinburgh and City of Edinburgh Council will be planting 8 new perennial coastal wildflower meadows to connect up existing flower-rich areas from Cramond to Granton. This will create a ‘pollinator corridor’ in the north of the city.

We had a wonderful evening with residents of Wardie Bay on Monday evening, looking at the diverse plants that can be found on and around the beach . It was a warm and sunny night and the beach was full of Edinburgh folk – swimming, fishing for mackerel and enjoying al fresco dinners. 

Our fantastic Urban Biodiversity Officer Leonie Alexander, has written this blog post for Edinburgh Living Landscape on the work the Edinburgh Shoreline Project is undertaking with local volunteers to create flower-rich grassland along the coast.

CSGNT have generously translated a wide range of data for us from the most up-to-date sources, and incorporated it into one easy-to-use application.

We’re delighted to unveil 6 new signs along the Edinburgh coast which will tell passers-by how important the history, habitats and wildlife connected with the area are

We were delighted to partner with Heart of Newhaven yesterday to do some work to a greenspace outside the David Lloyd Centre, Newhaven.

A 3 minute video for That’s TV featured our new Seafield Mural. Find out more about the project here

We’re delighted to be able to offer schools, families and community groups a free shoreline activity pack. It’s bursting with ideas on events and projects that you can undertake in your local area to celebrate and preserve the history and wildlife that is so important to the Edinburgh shoreline!