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Wildlife 

Five Cygnets Hatched

30 April 20218 May 2021 Friend of Figgate Park cygnets, Island swans

Early this afternoon the swans that have nested on the island started hatching their brood. Five fluffy and very cute

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Wildlife 

Sad News

20 April 20218 May 2021 Friend of Figgate Park Bonnie and Clyde, Clyde, Swans

Clyde had a big fight yesterday with the new male that is nesting on the island. Clyde did not fare

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Figgate Park Landscape 

Spring Aerial Views

7 April 20217 April 2021 Friend of Figgate Park aerial, pond

Some more aerial images from Lewis Anderson

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biodiversity Figgate Park Plantlife 

More spring flowers

7 April 20217 April 2021 Friend of Figgate Park spring flowers
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biodiversity Figgate Park Plantlife Projects 

Prunus autumnalis

31 March 202131 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park bees, blossom, trees

The Friends group planted this wee trio of winter flowering cherry trees three years ago. They are well settled in

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Figgate Park Plantlife 

Giant Hogweed

31 March 202131 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park Giant Hogweed, invasive plants

Edinburgh if fortunate to have a dedicated team to check our greenspaces are free of Giant Hogweed an invasive, non

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Figgate Park Wildlife 

Bonnie & Clyde

28 March 202128 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park Bonnie & Clyde, nesting, Swans

Bonnie and Clyde have been our nesting resident pair of swans in the Figgy for many years now. Bonnie came

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Figgate Friends Plantlife 

Nettles (Urtica dioica)

28 March 202128 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park medicinal, nettles

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

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biodiversity Figgate Park Plantlife 

Some Spring Happenings

26 March 202129 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park plants, spring
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biodiversity Figgate Park Wildlife 

Batty Business

23 March 202128 March 2021 Friend of Figgate Park bats, biodiversity

These beautiful visualisations are echolocations of Soprano Pipistrelle (55Hz) and Common Pipistrelle (45Hz). You can see how they peak at

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FRIENDS

Quite a bit for a quite a year
Figgate Friends Projects 

Quite a bit for a quite a year

8 May 20218 May 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

It has been a year like no other and we have been unable to actively invite anyone to volunteer in

WHAT’S ON

CLEAN UP – Sunday 16th May 10am
What's On 

CLEAN UP – Sunday 16th May 10am

8 May 20218 May 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

We are delighted to be organising our first ‘official’ Clean Up for over a year. It has been a year

Volunteering Days & Litter Picks
What's On 

Volunteering Days & Litter Picks

1 January 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park
Figgy Kids
What's On 

Figgy Kids

1 January 202111 February 2021 Friend of Figgate Park

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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