Haring Around

A wonderful wildlife encounter

I have to admit, I struggled to think of anything I wanted to write about this week. Then I thought I’d just share a wonderful wildlife encounter we had recently.

At the weekend we visited Dalkeith Country Park, which we always like to visit at this time of year, mostly as there is a wonderful display of bluebells.

This trip we found some of the usual paths weren’t accessible so we took a different route round the park and were very glad we did.

We came across these farm buildings, which were obviously home to Swallows, judging on the number that were flying around, seeming ly oblivious to all the electricity pylons (though there are no Swallows in the photo)

Then in a field nearby we saw this (all the photos below were taken by my partner):

Two Hares chasing each other! We rarely see Hares and this was a delight! We watched them for a long time and they disappeared, but then one reappeared and ran across a field closer to us before disappearing under a wire fence. Then the other Hare took the same route but at a much slower pace, seemingly posing for the camera

Until this one too found the gap in the fence

and disappeared from view.

Growing Climate Confidence

The Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) recently launched their Growing Climate Confidence website, to help charities and community groups understand more about the climate crisis and find out what they can do to mitigate their own impact.

Wildlife in Cemeteries

Having carried out wildlife surveys in Edinburgh’s cemeteries, I’m always interested to read about wildlife in cemeteries around the world. Here’s an interesting article on Grist, about bees in cemeteries.