Water of Leith Conservation Trust
@wolct.bsky.social
Working to protect and improve Edinburghs river, for the benefit of wildlife and our community
A healthy river cared for by its community
A healthy river cared for by its community
A productive session down at the Rocheid Path with staff from Blackrock teaming up with our own volunteers this morning.
Tons of leaves cleared to expose the walkway and provide a solid surface for people to enjoy.
Great work folks
Tons of leaves cleared to expose the walkway and provide a solid surface for people to enjoy.
Great work folks
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A productive session down at the Rocheid Path with staff from Blackrock teaming up with our own volunteers this morning.
Tons of leaves cleared to expose the walkway and provide a solid surface for people to enjoy.
Great work folks
Tons of leaves cleared to expose the walkway and provide a solid surface for people to enjoy.
Great work folks
A soggy session ahead on the Rocheid path but leaves and mud don't clear themselves.
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A soggy session ahead on the Rocheid path but leaves and mud don't clear themselves.
Quite a spike on the river levels already and plenty more rain due today.
waterlevels.sepa.org.uk/Station/14868
waterlevels.sepa.org.uk/Station/14868
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Quite a spike on the river levels already and plenty more rain due today.
waterlevels.sepa.org.uk/Station/14868
waterlevels.sepa.org.uk/Station/14868
A lovely morning around Colinton in the autumnal sunshine with our amazing volunteers. As always, there were plenty of leaves matted to the walkway, making it slippy and covering the edges, making it hazardous. We cleared them off, refreshed some drainage, and foraged for litter.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A lovely morning around Colinton in the autumnal sunshine with our amazing volunteers. As always, there were plenty of leaves matted to the walkway, making it slippy and covering the edges, making it hazardous. We cleared them off, refreshed some drainage, and foraged for litter.
A busy Monday session improving the Balerno stretch this morning.
Bavelaw burn tributary cleaned of rubbish, walkway swept of leaves , cherry laurel brash fence created to reduce rubbish being blown into the river.
A great start to the week
Bavelaw burn tributary cleaned of rubbish, walkway swept of leaves , cherry laurel brash fence created to reduce rubbish being blown into the river.
A great start to the week
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A busy Monday session improving the Balerno stretch this morning.
Bavelaw burn tributary cleaned of rubbish, walkway swept of leaves , cherry laurel brash fence created to reduce rubbish being blown into the river.
A great start to the week
Bavelaw burn tributary cleaned of rubbish, walkway swept of leaves , cherry laurel brash fence created to reduce rubbish being blown into the river.
A great start to the week
Thanks to everyone who came out this morning around the Visitor Centre, despite the rain! We raked off the walkway and cut back privat to let more light in and dry up the path. We also collected several bags of rubbish and enjoyed a lovely tea break in the warmth of the centre.😎
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out this morning around the Visitor Centre, despite the rain! We raked off the walkway and cut back privat to let more light in and dry up the path. We also collected several bags of rubbish and enjoyed a lovely tea break in the warmth of the centre.😎
Big sky country today up at Riccarton, where we've been
mapping Japanese Knotweed stands for treatment next year on the Murrayburn
Enough rubbish in the layby to fill a bag
mapping Japanese Knotweed stands for treatment next year on the Murrayburn
Enough rubbish in the layby to fill a bag
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Big sky country today up at Riccarton, where we've been
mapping Japanese Knotweed stands for treatment next year on the Murrayburn
Enough rubbish in the layby to fill a bag
mapping Japanese Knotweed stands for treatment next year on the Murrayburn
Enough rubbish in the layby to fill a bag
Great to have young people from Portobello, Firrhill, and WHEC out at the visitor centre today with the JET Academy, learning some vocational skills for employment. We raked off leaves, keeping the boardwalk and paths safe, and cut back some overhanging privat. Great job guys! ✈️
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great to have young people from Portobello, Firrhill, and WHEC out at the visitor centre today with the JET Academy, learning some vocational skills for employment. We raked off leaves, keeping the boardwalk and paths safe, and cut back some overhanging privat. Great job guys! ✈️
They seek the rubbish here, they seek the rubbish there, volunteers seek it everywhere.
Thus it was great to get a hand from employees of Trainline , who have been out over the past two weeks cleaning up their local stretch of the walkway as part of their working day.
Thus it was great to get a hand from employees of Trainline , who have been out over the past two weeks cleaning up their local stretch of the walkway as part of their working day.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
They seek the rubbish here, they seek the rubbish there, volunteers seek it everywhere.
Thus it was great to get a hand from employees of Trainline , who have been out over the past two weeks cleaning up their local stretch of the walkway as part of their working day.
Thus it was great to get a hand from employees of Trainline , who have been out over the past two weeks cleaning up their local stretch of the walkway as part of their working day.
A good turn out of volunteers for our monthly clean up of Leith.
The boat team removed lots of waste that had been washed down including 2 litter carts, whilst on dry land we continued to clear leaves to keep the walkway in good order.
The boat team removed lots of waste that had been washed down including 2 litter carts, whilst on dry land we continued to clear leaves to keep the walkway in good order.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A good turn out of volunteers for our monthly clean up of Leith.
The boat team removed lots of waste that had been washed down including 2 litter carts, whilst on dry land we continued to clear leaves to keep the walkway in good order.
The boat team removed lots of waste that had been washed down including 2 litter carts, whilst on dry land we continued to clear leaves to keep the walkway in good order.
Thanks to everyone who came out to Colinton Dell today and did such an amazing job! The paths and steps are now clear and safe between Katesmill and the village, signage clean, and invasives removed. Many hand make light work! Legends🙌
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to Colinton Dell today and did such an amazing job! The paths and steps are now clear and safe between Katesmill and the village, signage clean, and invasives removed. Many hand make light work! Legends🙌
A changeable morning on the walkway between West Mill Rd and Upper Spylaw Farm. We gave the walkway a good sweep off, refreshed the drainage ditches, cut back some encroaching vegetation, & had tea in the rain before planting bulbs in the sunshine. Great work folks, thanks! ☔🌞
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A changeable morning on the walkway between West Mill Rd and Upper Spylaw Farm. We gave the walkway a good sweep off, refreshed the drainage ditches, cut back some encroaching vegetation, & had tea in the rain before planting bulbs in the sunshine. Great work folks, thanks! ☔🌞
Some beautiful autumn colours on show today in Craiglockhart Dell.
This morning we ran a water safety training session for The Green Team staff to share our knowledge.
Of course we took them for a wade so they could experience the water first hand.
This morning we ran a water safety training session for The Green Team staff to share our knowledge.
Of course we took them for a wade so they could experience the water first hand.
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Some beautiful autumn colours on show today in Craiglockhart Dell.
This morning we ran a water safety training session for The Green Team staff to share our knowledge.
Of course we took them for a wade so they could experience the water first hand.
This morning we ran a water safety training session for The Green Team staff to share our knowledge.
Of course we took them for a wade so they could experience the water first hand.
all along the walkway during tasks
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
all along the walkway during tasks
Out west today at a Walk Funding Network meeting with @walkingscotland.bsky.social wonderful to hear about other projects which align with our work on the Water of Leith, but as always the river stole the show.
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Out west today at a Walk Funding Network meeting with @walkingscotland.bsky.social wonderful to hear about other projects which align with our work on the Water of Leith, but as always the river stole the show.
A power of work done by the staff team from Salesforce this morning at Redbraes and St Marks.
They removed old fencing from the woods, planted bulbs by the wildflower meadow and then improved the walkway by sweeping thousands of leaves.
They removed old fencing from the woods, planted bulbs by the wildflower meadow and then improved the walkway by sweeping thousands of leaves.
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A power of work done by the staff team from Salesforce this morning at Redbraes and St Marks.
They removed old fencing from the woods, planted bulbs by the wildflower meadow and then improved the walkway by sweeping thousands of leaves.
They removed old fencing from the woods, planted bulbs by the wildflower meadow and then improved the walkway by sweeping thousands of leaves.
Plenty of sunshine and leaves to be enjoyed by staff from salesforce that will be out with us this morning at St Marks park.
They'll be helping to remove old wire fencing, planting bulbs and of course sweeping leaves to keep the walkway useable.
They'll be helping to remove old wire fencing, planting bulbs and of course sweeping leaves to keep the walkway useable.
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Plenty of sunshine and leaves to be enjoyed by staff from salesforce that will be out with us this morning at St Marks park.
They'll be helping to remove old wire fencing, planting bulbs and of course sweeping leaves to keep the walkway useable.
They'll be helping to remove old wire fencing, planting bulbs and of course sweeping leaves to keep the walkway useable.
A very pleasant morning in the sunshine at Longstone, practicing our scything technique and cutting back encroaching vegetation from the paths behind the prison. Great fun was had by all, thanks for coming out folks!
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A very pleasant morning in the sunshine at Longstone, practicing our scything technique and cutting back encroaching vegetation from the paths behind the prison. Great fun was had by all, thanks for coming out folks!
Lots of hard work this morning from our regular volunteers up at Currie.
They cleared the walkway of fallen leaves, trimmed back the edges, waded the river for rubbish and planted hundreds of bulbs along the walkway ready for spring.
They cleared the walkway of fallen leaves, trimmed back the edges, waded the river for rubbish and planted hundreds of bulbs along the walkway ready for spring.
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lots of hard work this morning from our regular volunteers up at Currie.
They cleared the walkway of fallen leaves, trimmed back the edges, waded the river for rubbish and planted hundreds of bulbs along the walkway ready for spring.
They cleared the walkway of fallen leaves, trimmed back the edges, waded the river for rubbish and planted hundreds of bulbs along the walkway ready for spring.
Thanks to everyone who came along to the 2nd Coalie Coalition session. We were joined by some fab volunteers from Citadel Youth and got loads done! We filled more setts at the mural, swept off the skatepark, seeded the grass, and planted wildflowers and herbs. Great work folks!
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thanks to everyone who came along to the 2nd Coalie Coalition session. We were joined by some fab volunteers from Citadel Youth and got loads done! We filled more setts at the mural, swept off the skatepark, seeded the grass, and planted wildflowers and herbs. Great work folks!
Life in high Viz
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Life in high Viz
A stunning morning to be out working with staff from @woodmac.com at Saughton Park.
With their help we raked off the wildflower meadow, swept paths of leaves, planted bulbs and trimmed back non native laurel from the edges .
Great work folks
With their help we raked off the wildflower meadow, swept paths of leaves, planted bulbs and trimmed back non native laurel from the edges .
Great work folks
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A stunning morning to be out working with staff from @woodmac.com at Saughton Park.
With their help we raked off the wildflower meadow, swept paths of leaves, planted bulbs and trimmed back non native laurel from the edges .
Great work folks
With their help we raked off the wildflower meadow, swept paths of leaves, planted bulbs and trimmed back non native laurel from the edges .
Great work folks
There were lots of thank yous from passers-by for our amazing volunteers today who were busy sweeping, raking, cutting back and litter picking around the walkway near Bogs Bridge. We even planted some bulbs, ready for springtime!🌷
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There were lots of thank yous from passers-by for our amazing volunteers today who were busy sweeping, raking, cutting back and litter picking around the walkway near Bogs Bridge. We even planted some bulbs, ready for springtime!🌷
A dreich but not unpleasant morning around Stedfastgate with our weekend volunteers, giving some attention to the Catherine Sinclair fountain, sweeping off the area around it, the steps, and surrounding paths. We also planted a variety of bulbs to give the area a spring lift. Thanks folks!🪻🌷💪🙌
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A dreich but not unpleasant morning around Stedfastgate with our weekend volunteers, giving some attention to the Catherine Sinclair fountain, sweeping off the area around it, the steps, and surrounding paths. We also planted a variety of bulbs to give the area a spring lift. Thanks folks!🪻🌷💪🙌
Another top team from Blackrock looking after their local section of the walkway.
They removed leaves from the walkway, cut back overgrown vegetation to maximise the path width and planted hundred of bulbs ready for a spring display.
They removed leaves from the walkway, cut back overgrown vegetation to maximise the path width and planted hundred of bulbs ready for a spring display.
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Another top team from Blackrock looking after their local section of the walkway.
They removed leaves from the walkway, cut back overgrown vegetation to maximise the path width and planted hundred of bulbs ready for a spring display.
They removed leaves from the walkway, cut back overgrown vegetation to maximise the path width and planted hundred of bulbs ready for a spring display.