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.
Moth.
Speckled Wood Butterfly.
Green Bottle Fly.
Young Great Spotted Woodpecker. They were nesting on the site again this year.
Speckled Wood Butterfly.
Red Admiral butterfly.
Sparrowhawk.
Green-veined White butterfly.
15 Monday May 2017
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Various birds photographed on-site on April 17th, 2017.
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24 Friday Feb 2017
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Robin…
Melanic (black) form of a 2-spot ladybird…
Goldcrest. The smallest British bird...
Treecreeper…
24 Friday Feb 2017
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A few weeks ago we planted some teensy winter-flowering shrubs near the grave of James McNab, as part of our “botanical” theme. He was an eminent personage at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh “across the road” and, amongst other achievements, he had designed the former Winter Garden there. We weren’t expecting any action from those plants for a while, but this one just couldn’t wait! In flower already.
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30 Friday Sep 2016
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These are growing in the wildflower patch by the east path, near the east gate.
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19 Friday Aug 2016
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These poppies were planted by the Friends of Warriston Cemetery group at the burial plot of James Young Simpson. Simpson was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He died at his home in Edinburgh in May 1870 at the age of 58. A burial spot in Westminster Abbey was offered to his family, but they declined and instead buried him closer to home in Warriston cemetery.
Here is a link to his Wikipedia page; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Young_Simpson
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10 Wednesday Aug 2016
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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.
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.
21 Thursday Jul 2016
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Cornflower
Meadow Brown butterfly
Friends of Warriston Cemetery 
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