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Friends of Warriston Cemetery

Friends of Warriston Cemetery

Monthly Archives: July 2016

June 4th 2016

31 Sunday Jul 2016

Posted by Warriston Birder in Views and Nature

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Some views and nature from around the cemetery. Click an image to view a larger version. Opens in a new window.

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Looking up the east path. The tree nearest the camera was used by four families of bird this year. Robins, Treecreepers and Wrens (twice) selected various parts of the tree to build nests and rear their young. There were three lots doing so at once!

Part of the semi-woodland area.

Part of the semi-woodland area.

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A Robin singing.

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Various headstones including that of James Young Simpson.

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A Poppy at Simpson’s memorial.

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The ‘Red Lady’ memorial. This is what remains of what was a lovely white marble structure built in 1865 for Mary Ann Robertson. The title comes from the colour of light provided by the red glass roof which bathed the interior of this mortuary chapel. It was finally demolished in the late 1980s after years of vandalism.

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July 29th 2016

31 Sunday Jul 2016

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A Comma butterfly in section G. The Comma gets its name from the white mark, on the underside of its wings, that resembles that punctuation mark. The 4th photo is of a Poppy at the James Young Simpson memorial which is immediately to the east of the catacombs.

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25/07/2016 Video and audio proof that there isn’t always good weather over the cemetery…

25 Monday Jul 2016

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25/07/2016. Variety.

25 Monday Jul 2016

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Downpour in the 'Secret Garden'.

Downpour in the ‘Secret Garden’.

Snail on headstone.

Snail on headstone.

Thistle above the catacombs.

Thistle above the catacombs.

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March 7th 2016.

24 Sunday Jul 2016

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Video showing various views of the cemetery. Includes the first daffodil of the year.

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Goldcrest. June 7th 2016.

23 Saturday Jul 2016

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This Goldcrest was bathing in ‘The Trickle of Leith’ which is a ribbon of spring water that leads under the tunnel. The Goldcrest is Britain’s smallest bird and there have been many sightings in Warriston cemetery.

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July 19th 2016

21 Thursday Jul 2016

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Meadow Brown butterfly

Meadow Brown butterfly

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July 16th 2016. Various views around the cemetery.

17 Sunday Jul 2016

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From the top of the catacombs

From the top of the catacombs.

James Young Simpson memorial

James Young Simpson.

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Catacombs from the east.

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Fallen features.

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James Jeffery.

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John Brindle.

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Robertson McLean.

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Section ‘O’.

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Stones and trees.

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The ‘Beestro’ and dead-hedge.

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In the ‘Beestro’.

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The ‘Beestro’.

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War Memorial.

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The Steps.

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Stanley Bonner.

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Catacombs from the west.

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George Wardlaw Burnet.

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From atop the catacombs.

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