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biodiversity Plantlife 

Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)

5 February 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park planting

The first Snowdrops symbolize the hope of spring, afterthe dark days of winter. Glimpses of Snowdrops can uplift the heart

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biodiversity Plantlife 

Purple Crocus

5 February 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park planting, project

Rotary, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

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Wildlife 

Otters

5 February 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

We have had regular visits of otters in the Figgate Burn and Pond since the end of 2015. There are

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Figgate Park Landscape 

Figgate Burn

4 February 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park About

The Figgate Burn is a major feature that runs right through the Figgate Park before flowing under the Harry Lauder

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Wildlife 

Birds around the park

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Appeals Projects Wildlife 

Feeding the Ducks

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Figgate Park 

About Figgate Park

30 January 202110 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park landscape, photographs

The Figgate Park lies in the east of Edinburgh, nestled neatly between Duddingston and Portobello. It is almost exactly a

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butterflies on a buddleia
Wildlife 

Butterflies

30 January 202130 January 2021 Friend of Figgate Park butterflies, flowers

Some information about the butterflies in the park….

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Figgate Park History 

The Portobello Claypits

21 January 202112 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park 0 Comments claypits, History

Before Figgate Park was created there were claypits that provided clay for the local brickworks and the Buchan Pottery in

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History 

‘Cow’s Ditch’

21 January 202112 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park History

Our local landscape was once known as the Figgate Muir. It was an expanse of moorland with the Figgate Burn

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FRIENDS

Nettles (Urtica dioica)
Figgate Friends Plantlife 

Nettles (Urtica dioica)

28 March 202128 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

In our new Medicinal Woodland area which is still in development, there is a lovely patch of new growth Nettles.

WHAT’S ON

Volunteering Days & Litter Picks
What's On 

Volunteering Days & Litter Picks

1 January 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

We have stopped all organised Volunteer Days and Clean Ups until Covid restrictions lift and we are able to ensure

Figgy Kids
What's On 

Figgy Kids

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Buggy Walks
What's On 

Buggy Walks

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APPEALS

Play Park Update
Appeals Projects 

Play Park Update

24 March 202129 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

The community feedback that we collected in November 2019 (1000 online survey replies and 900 individual pupil questionnaires) informed this

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