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Scotland Outdoors

Wildlife on the Water of Leith

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

During the Covid lockdown, Tom Kelly decided to stroll along the Water of Leith Walkway every single day and take photographs of the wildlife in the area. The photographer from Edinburgh has always had a keen interest in nature and he wanted to explore what was living in his own neighbourhood. The result is a huge collection of photographs showcasing what lives on and near the river at different times of the year.

Transcript

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0:53.3

So just on this road here that we've just come off the busy road coming in from the west there,

0:59.1

I was walking along one day and just from a drain, up popped, a weasel, just stared at me.

1:01.4

Did you get a shot?

1:02.3

I got a shot.

1:07.7

Eight o'clock on a Monday morning, you know, all the rush hour traffic coming in, and there's this weasel.

1:08.9

It's just amazing.

1:12.0

Well, what a start to the week that would be.

1:15.0

That's wildlife photographer Tom Kelly.

1:18.8

Now, a wee while ago, he set himself a challenge to walk the Water of Leith Walkway in Edinburgh

1:22.3

every single day for a year

1:24.6

and basically capture what he saw. Now the result is a wonderful collection

1:30.8

of pictures featuring all sorts really including kingfishers and otters. I'm Rachel Stewart and

1:38.2

recently I accompanied him on one of his daily strolls. We met at the crack of dawn close to Murrayfield Stadium.

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