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Previously… Scotland’s History Festival 2017.

21 Monday Aug 2017

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We are taking part in this year’s History Festival by providing a Guided Tour of Warriston cemetery.


Event details;

Date: Thursday 23 November 2017.
Time: 1.30pm.
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Cost: £5 (free to children under 12 years).
Extra info: Waterproofs and “sensible footwear” required.
Event venue: Warriston cemetery.
Venue address: Main Gate, 42 Warriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 5NE.
Ticket purchase: Pay at gate. Booking essential.

Contact email: friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com
Website: www.friendsofwarristoncemetery.com

Here’s what you can expect on the day…

A guided tour of Edinburgh’s first designed garden cemetery, opened in 1843, formerly neglected in parts but now being cleared of excess weeds by the Friends of Warriston Cemetery. Many of Edinburgh’s Victorian society members lie within, some with distinctive monuments and all with stories to be told. There are architects, artists, astronomers, botanists, doctors, entertainers, historians, horticulturists, ministers, military personnel, photographers, scientists, sculptors, teachers – all manner of occupations. And there’s wildlife too, in this Local Biodiversity Site.

History Festival website: www.historyfest.co.uk/

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Mid-August 2017.

18 Friday Aug 2017

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Includes a young Sparrowhawk and a Speckled Wood butterfly.

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Early August in the cemetery.

14 Monday Aug 2017

Posted by Warriston Birder in Headstones and monuments, Nature, Views

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August 2017

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Monuments – July 2017 photographs.

01 Tuesday Aug 2017

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The following photographs of headstones and monuments were taken in July.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery 4th Birthday. July 4th 2017.

31 Monday Jul 2017

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Next workable session was on the 8th of July…

“We became four years old on Tuesday! But we were rained off. Again. So, we had to wait until today to have our birthday cake, with the requisite number of candles. Of course. And if our overseas viewers don’t understand this, watch this! The Two Ronnies Make sure you have the sound on. Everyone else knows it’s worth seeing again….”

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Wildlife, June and July 2017

30 Sunday Jul 2017

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Some of the wildlife spotted in the cemetery between the beginning of June and the end of July.

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Ringo, the Robin.

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Moth.

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Speckled Wood Butterfly.

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Green Bottle Fly.

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Young Great Spotted Woodpecker. They were nesting on the site again this year.

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Speckled Wood Butterfly.

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Red Admiral butterfly.

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Sparrowhawk.

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Green-veined White butterfly.

 

 

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Birdlife, mid-April.

15 Monday May 2017

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Various birds photographed on-site on April 17th, 2017.

  1. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  2. Sparrowhawk
  3. Blackcap
  4. Robin

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Sunshine on Warriston cemetery.

14 Sunday May 2017

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Looking luxuriant. Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017.

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Back where it belongs.

11 Thursday May 2017

Posted by Warriston Birder in Information, Mason work, Revelations

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This mysterious number appeared! And one of our piles of debris there vanished. What was this about? Well, there are half a dozen piles of gravestones which have been removed from their original positions. No-one is sure why, happened a long time ago. We’ve been keeping some of the piles clear of foliage so that at least some stones may be read. We were told that a family member came by, on a walk, spotted one of their own family stones. One from the Council’s list of approved masons was instructed to come by, take the stone away to clean it, create a new cement foundation – ensuring it was level! – and re-erect the gravestone in its rightful place. And here it is. Happy ending! Well done, that family member.

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Early May, 2017.

10 Wednesday May 2017

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Saturday, May the 6th 2017.

Don’t be fooled into thinking we were all wearing shorts and simmits – there’s been a very chilly easterly breeze for the past few days!

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