Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet)
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Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet)
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Adult Education Tutor, Poet, Short Story writer, Wildlife Surveyor, Conservation Volunteer. Edinburgh, Scotland
Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
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I love how the irridescence shows in the wings of this Jackdaw that we saw today. In summer the Jackdaws nest in holes like this, maybe they roost there in winter?
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Winter trees
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Portrait if a Carrion Crow, John Muir Walkway, Musselburgh, East Lothian
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Autumn colours in Edinburgh's Saughton Park, photos taken in lovely sunshine between periods of rain
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lovely autumn colours in the Dells alongside Edinburgh's Water of Leith this morning.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My latest crafting project was to repair and customise this old apron! You can read more about it on my blog. craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2025/10/cust...
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Wonderful autumn colour on Edinburgh's Corstorphine Hill today
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Views from around Edinburgh's Calton Hill, taken yesterday
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Lovely to find several of these Shaggy Parasol fungi on Arthur's Seat yesterday (please correct me if I'm wrong with my ID!)
October 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This Harlequin Ladybird looks to be having an adventure, exploring the fungi
October 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We also met this handsome male Pleasant yesterday near Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh
September 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Lovely to see this Small Copper butterfly on Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat today
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@littlelibraries.bsky.social I love little libraries, especially this one in Edinburgh that has a cat librarian (real name Milly, nickname Dusty)
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here's an impressive clump of Cuckoo Pint in full berry, alongside the Water of Leith Walkway in Edinburgh. I need to memorise where it is, so i can find the arums next Spring, I so often see the berries, so rarely see the arums @wolct.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
autumn sunshine -
the robin's song
changes key

previously published on Haiku Seeds
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#wildflowerhour #notfruits Oak Apples (or are these Oak Marbles?)
August 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#wildflowerhour #fruits. Poppies and Red Campion.
August 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#wildflowerhour #fruits Hairy Willowherb and Rosebay Willowherb.
August 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#wildflowerhour #fruits Blackberries (Brambles); Elderberries; Rown Berries.
August 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Clouds this moody should bring rain, surely? Still waiting...
August 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It was lovely to see two Speckled Wood butterflies chasing each other in Edinburgh's Meadows today! One stopped for a photo (but look how dry the grass is!)
August 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Thistledown.
August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Lovely to see several Speckled Wood butterflies today, though this one has obviously had a hard time of things recently!
August 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lovely to see Small Copper Butterflies today on Edinburgh's Corstorphine HIll
August 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Red Admiral and Speckled Wood Butterflies in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens today
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM