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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Late flowing daffodils making their appearance down near the pavilion now.

Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Getting the bed up by the canal ready to welcome people to our community. Looking much better already. Lots of plants and flowers to come. 🌸🌺

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Can be seen flowering in the park edges at present and along the water of leith. gallowaywildfoods.com/lesser-celan...

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Not just a weed! 😎 Lesser celandine is a UK native wildflower, widespread in woods, hedgerows & on the banks of streams. It is a valuable plant for pollinators, providing an early source of pollen & nectar for emerging bumblebees 🐝, small flies🪰 & small beetles.🪳

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Longstone Community Council @longstonecc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

First couple of peacock butterflies 🦋 enjoying the sun and daffodils in Hailes Quarry Park. Friends of Hailes Quarry Park and lost count of the number of ladybirds 🐞🐞🐞on hedge at the top of Redhall Drive.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

What wildlife does it benefit?🦋 The Biological Records Centre lists numerous beetles, leaf miners, butterflies & moths that feed on ground elder, including frosted orange moths & rare swallowtail butterflies. Provides habitat and shelter for various creatures, including ground-active invertebrates.

rhs.org.uk

Ground Elder | RHS Advice

Find out how to manage ground elder in borders while maintaining its benefits for wildlife.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Do your homework first before foraging as carrot family has some of our best tasting, but also some deadly relatives. gallowaywildfoods.com/ground-elder...

gallowaywildfoods.com

Ground elder – Identification, distribution, edibility. – Galloway Wild Foods

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Not Just a weed! 😎 Ground Elder 😋 "This is one of the safest of the carrot family to identify, and certainly the most common. Its serrated leaves are oval with a point and always grow in 3 groups of 3 from a grooved stalk, close to the ground, before sending up their flowering stems."

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Stinging nettles are great wildlife attractors: caterpillars of the small tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies use them as foodplants; ladybirds feast on the aphids that shelter among them; and seed-eating birds enjoy their autumn spoils. www.wildlifetrusts.org/.../wildfl.....

wildlifetrusts.org

Got a question about wildlife? Search our website to find the answer!

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Nettles are a free & complete natural vitamin & mineral supplement: high in protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin K, and Calcium – with levels far outstripping many of our common vegetables. grassrootsremedies.co.uk/.../07/herb-...

grassrootsremedies.co.uk

Herb Profile: Nettle - My WordPress

Botanical Names: Urtica dioica, Urtica urens Family: Urticaceae (Nettle Family), formerly Cannabinaceae (Cannabis Family) Common Names: Nettle, Stinging Nettle. U.urens –Dwarf Nettle, Small Nettle, Do...

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Not just a weed 😎 - A very edible and very nutritious plant! Nettle leaves have an old reputation as a pot herb and can be included in many dishes as a spinach substitute. They were often part of traditional kail in Scotland – a vegetable soup eaten as the main meal of the day.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Growing everywhere, this early season favourite, 'Cleavers'/'Sticky Wille' as most folk know it, is a great lymphatic cleanser. Fresh spring growth is perfect to add to smoothies, soups, infuse in cold water overnight for a cucumbers flavoured drink, or in hot water for an asparagus soup stock hit.👌

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Spring bulbs responding well to the sun yesterday, and the bees coming out to find them. 🌷🌹🪻🌸☀️☀️☀️

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

And lots of flowers starting to emerge and bringing joy to the community.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Out with the crew giving the park some springtime love and attention. A good number of bags of rubbish removed. Thanks folks.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A welcome sight for any early season pollinators venturing out with it being a bit milder. Crocuses starting to shift up a gear now as the snowdrops peak. Daffodils next 😁

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Like an exotic punctuation mark. 🍄

A very red fungus on some very green moss on some sticks.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Lovely rainbow over the park earlier today 🌈🌈

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The crocuses we planted a couple of years ago just starting to come into flower up by the war memorial. So nice to see some vibrant colour again. ❤️

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Who'll be doing the #BigGardenBirdwatch this weekend? And how many of these do you think you'll cross off? 😁👇

A Big Garden Birdwatch bingo card with the following squares: House
Sparrow
Nice cup
of tea
Any
pigeon
Phone
OFF
Door goes
during your
count
Any
gull
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Goldfinch
Magpie
Starling
Robin
ID
debate
Biscuits
A profound
appreciation
of nature
Coal Tit
Bird
song
Any bird
of prey
A oneness
with birds
Slice of
cake
A sense of
enormous
well-being
Crisps
Wren

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We are up & trucking for the year ahead. First snowdrops appearing in the park. Value to wildlife? As they flower so early, snowdrops do not rely on pollinators to reproduce. Instead, they spread via bulb division, though they may still be visited by bees & other insects on a particularly warm day.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Out tree planting with some of the crew and giving previous years saplings some TLC. Many starting to establish well now despite the brutal drought last year. 👍

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Not good. Please don’t do this 👎🏼

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

If you are lifting and splitting any plants, we'd be happy to find a home for them. Lots more bulb planting for the new area to come.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Out with some of the crew & @longstonecc.bsky.social giving our planting areas a bit of TLC & preparing a new area for next season. Some giant red crocosmia donated by a fan from Craiglockhart, and a few additional from fans on Redhall Drive.

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Longstone Community Council @longstonecc.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Lest we forget. They shall never grow old.

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Longstone Community Council @longstonecc.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A thank you to Rev Bob Henderson, Chaplain to the Forces, for a moving and thoughtful memorial service this morning. It was lovely to see such good attendance with everyone paying their respects. Ray Donnelly laid a wreath on behalf of LCC and looked impeccable doing so.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Out with some of the crew and one of our favourite Park Officers, Andy. Planted up another big section of the banking with daffodils and added some more by the tunnel. Bring on spring! 🌷🌼🌸🌺🌹🌷

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Lovely start to the day in the park this morning. Lovely light and long shadows.

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Longstone Community Council @longstonecc.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Amazing turnout for the inaugural Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun! 83 young runners! 🤩 Brilliant support from Parkrun & their team, our volunteers & run directors. Special guest volunteer @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social had the honour of counting down to start the run. 🙏🏻

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Out with the team doing a bit of tidying and weeding. Plants responding well after the winds and a decent watering from the canal the other night. Lots of insects and butterflies making good use of the wildflowers.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

It certainly looks like it along the Water of Leith and around the city’s parks and gardens. It’s heat stress. Leaves falling, berries ripe, but it's hot. Is autumn coming early? www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Alongside the heatwave, are we seeing an early autumn in the UK?

Has autumn come sooner than expected to the UK - and does it even matter if it has?

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Giving our new planting zone some attention today. Starting to look really good now as the wildflowers and other plants start to mature. 🌹🌼💐🌼🌺🌷A very nice welcome to our area.

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

📢 Calling school & community groups! Only 27 days to apply for a pack of FREE TREES (for delivery in Nov 2025). Choose from packs of 30, 105 or 420 native species. You need🌱 the grid ref of where you plan to plant & 🙋‍♂️ the permission of the legal landowner. Apply 👉

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Free Trees for Schools and Communities

We’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Friday joy Plantings at the side of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social They look glorious. They were started by 1 person, now with @agordonsalive.bsky.social and others. The selfless care & effort that has gone into giving this gift to the community brings me so much restorative joy. Thank you

A joyous burst of yellow star like flowers, maybe rudbeckia / black eyed susan, in front of rich orange red crocosmia, and another shrub dotted with purple flowers. Planting next to the fence on a lane.

A patch bursting wuth wild flowers including poppies and cornflower, with a row of sunflowers spectating from the back row, in front of community woodland.

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Fly by of Ray’s top work looking lovely today. 🌹💐🌺🌷🥀🌼🪻z

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Loads of ladybirds 🐞, different types of bees 🐝, hoverflies, wasps, and a host of other pollinators on all the wildflowers around the park at present. The knapweed flowers, hogweed seed heads, borage, and corn marigolds are popular with them.

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The thistles are alive with ladybirds. In order of posting, my best guess as to which varieties. Sadly the first is a harlequin (boo hiss), a 2-spot, a 7-spot, another 2-spot but this one is black with 4 spots (adalia 2-punctata quadrimaculata) look I didn't make up the naming rules!

An orange multi spotted harlequin with white either side of head

Red ladybird with 2 spots on thistles flower buds

A little blck ladybird with 2 larger red spots front and side and 2 small spots futher back and closer to the back

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The wildflowers @redhallpark.bsky.social were absolutely buzzing today. Bees and hoverflies, as joyous a sound as any birdsong. Saw several varieties of ladybird, scroll down to see them

Patch of mostly yellow flowers buzzing with bees and hoverflies

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

We gave our new planting area a bit of love today. Wildflowers and sunflowers starting to come into flower. 🌼 lots of buzzing insects, even a holly blue butterfly 🦋

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

What arms testing is going on in Park’s and where? Are we talking guns and what else?

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Ray, Euan, Marion, and Alan out weeding, checking the wildflowers, new shrubs, and planting some new flowers and more sunflowers. Lots of bulbs and more plants to come. Will be a lovely welcome to our community.

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Longstone Community Council @longstonecc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The swans passing through in formation today. Always a joy to see. 🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢

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Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Would open up a quick walking route to the park for the good folks of Hutchison and Chesser.

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Sarah McArthur @smcarthurreports.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Think you smell garlic? Think again. Think it doesn't matter? Think again! @wolct.bsky.social #Edinburgh #biodiversity www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-impost...

edinburghinquirer.co.uk

The imposter invading the Water of Leith's banks

Invasive plants and their long-term risks to our beloved river

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