A 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 👏 👍

Water of Leith, just downstream of Redbraes Weir. Edinburgh

A 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 team

A 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 scything

The 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 Monday

It’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!

Our 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.

A 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!

A beautiful morning in Colinton Dell, sweeping leaves from the path, clearing out drains and weeding steps, and of course, sweeping the area for rubbish. Nice to be joined by a group from the British Council too. Thanks everyone!

Two volunteer teams out this morning. The 1st was at Longstone scything vegetation off the mounds ready for tree planting next week. By removing the vegetation there will be less competition and a better chance of the trees making it to maturity.

Thanks to the Friends of Warriston cemetery for a very informative tour as part of Doors Open Door Days New factoids for the next time we are working in that area. Amazing to think there have been around 69,000 burials there.

An enjoyable morning with a small team of staff from the Edinburgh office of Blackrock. They helped to improve the entrance to St Mark Park and then moved onto the walkway rebuilding the hazel fence and raking off debris from Wednesdays heavy rain.