Arthur's Seat, with the top of Salisbury Crags in the foreground. The image shows a rocky hilltop in the background with crags on its sides and signs of paths on the ground. In the left foreground four people are walking towards the camera and there’s a rock face on the right. The sky is light blue.

Not many cities make use of the third dimension quite as effectively as Edinburgh. Our picture shows Arthur's Seat, with the top of Salisbury Crags in the foreground, Both are in Holyrood Park in the heart of the city. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

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The fight to stop the Radical Road being closed for ever The reopening of part of the famous path below Salisbury Crags could come with a sting in the tail

The Fight to stop Edinburgh's Radical Road being closed forever | Jolene Campbell for the 'Edinburgh Enquirer':
#EdinburghHeritage, #PublicAccess🥾, #HolyroodPark, #ScottishEnvironment🌱

www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-fight-...

A redpoll in an alder tree, pausing from taking tiny seeds from the cones.

A redpoll (Acanthis flammea) in Holyrood Park today.

#Birds #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh #UKWildlife

How dangerous is the Radical Road? - parkswatchscotland In 2018 Historic Environment Scotland (HES) closed the Radical Road at the base of Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, citing safety concerns . Many viewed this as a serious restriction on es...

How dangerous is the Radical Road? | David Craig for 'Parkswatch Scotland':🧐
#RadicalRoad
#HolyroodPark
#HistoricEnvironmentScotland

St Margaret's Loch has disappeared...
#Edinburgh #HolyroodPark

Looking down from a rocky crag on the edge of crow hill to Duddingston Loch and the surrounding wetlands. Sections of the low and high roads are visible, with two small people and two smaller dogs near the middle. A filter has been applied giving the image washed out but warm tones, emphasising the burnt scrub on the hillside

Looking down

#HolyroodPark #Edinburgh

Square monochrome photo looking towards Arthur’s seat and the Pentland Hills from Whinny Hill. Arthur’s Seat is silhouetted against the sun, but in the foreground is a network of empty paths in between gorse bushes.

Peaceful part of the park

#Edinburgh #HolyroodPark #monovember #silentSunday

1:10000 three colour orienteering map of Holyrood Park (Black, blue, brown) Open is mapped as white.

Grassed over quarry workings behind Salisbury Crags. There are some young trees on the right and a view towards a big hill with a notch like pass on its right. The hill has a lot of scrub vegetation. Into winter sunlight

Bill Gauld's #HolyroodPark, 1975. A map which was used for many years. When surveyed, the park was still grazed. Fewer whins and not many trees. #OldOrienteeringMaps #Edinburgh #Orienteering #Maps #EUOC

A scenic view of St. Margaret's Loch and Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. The loch, occupying the lower third of the frame, reflects the warm sunlight and surrounding landscape. Numerous birds dot the surface of the water, adding to the tranquil atmosphere. Above the loch, the landscape ascends into Arthur's Seat, a prominent hill characterized by its rugged terrain and sparse vegetation. On a peak, a ruin, identifiable as Saint Anthony's Chapel, is silhouetted against the bright sky. The color palette is dominated by hues of green, brown, and teal, enhancing the natural beauty of the scene.

🪬🧿 Arthur's Seat and St. Anthony's Chapel ruins

#scotland #edinburgh #holyroodpark #arthursseat #loch #landscape #nature #alttext

What a monstrosity. Hopefully it'll do its job properly and stop rockfalls landing on folks' heads. Will also solve the knotty problem that's out on consultation - there will be no vehicular traffic going this way any time soon. #Samson'sRibs #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh

A rough path between bramble bushes, with a scrubby hillside in the background

Closeup of a handful of shiny, black, ripe, brambles with leaves and other foliage behind. A cloudy sky is visible at the top.

Today is both #footpathFriday and #foragingFriday, as its bramble season in #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh
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@birdinglothian.bsky.social
#holyroodpark
This morning, along the
Low rd by Duddingston noticed a large flock of small birds making their way through trees and shrubs in reserve, they then made for the scrub
between the low and high rds.
100+ birds. Blue,Great Coal,Long tailed tits

Picked this up at #EdinburghBookFestival yesterday & felt it apt to start under the afternoon sun in #HolyroodPark.
Irrespective of any opinion re #NicolaSturgeon, it’s accessible, compelling & candid. Almost halfway through already.
And, FWIW I reckon the title is a wee nod to JaneyGodley - nice!

Fire crews had attended Sunday's massive fire on Crow Hill #HolyroodPark for 24 hrs and were still there when I took these photos y'day pm. Still smouldering in places, while the crew attended one fire another would pop up. Not much wildlife will have survived this. Bravo #ScottishFire&RescueService

Glad I didn't go for that cycle through Holy Rood Park now...

#edinburgh #arthursseat #holyroodpark

Worrying looking fire in #holyroodpark

A northern brown argus (a small butterfly) sitting on a non-flowering head of knapweed on the left of the image with two out-of-focus flowering knapweed heads on the right.

It's fairly late for a northern brown argus, but that does mean it's not autumn yet. Spotted today in Holyrood Park.

#butterfly #ScotButterflies #UKButterflies #UKWildlife #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh

Photo mostly of golden coloured wild grasses in seed, backlit on a sloping hillside. In the background a dark silhouette of part of Salisbury Crags with a sole small person standing on the skyline. The sky is cloudy, mostly grey but a bright patch lit by the sun and a small section of blue.

Golden grasses

#textureTuesday #Edinburgh #HolyroodPark #grass

20-30 Swifts hawking silently high above Meadowfield/Willowbrae area adjacent to #HolyroodPark y'day 5.10pm. Photo in poor light so a tad blurry. Another flying ant event? @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @edinburghnats.bsky.social @twic.bsky.social

Two's company three's a crowd, but one of the three got the message and naffed off! Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet, Zygaena lonicerae at #HolyroodPark #InsectWeek @savebutterflies.bsky.social @edinburghnats.bsky.social @twic.bsky.social @scottishhistory.org

A shrew in grass with a fat caterpillar in its mouth. The shrew is a small rodent with short brown hair, small ears and a pointed snout. The body of the caterpillar is pale pink with small black spots. It has a pale head with maroon "eyes" (ocelli).

A common shrew with a dark arches moth caterpillar. We were thrilled to watch the shrew hunting for several minutes, rooting around at the base of clumps of grass. The pursuit of the caterpillar took a while, but it looks like it was worth the effort. #HolyroodPark #UKWildlife

Photo of 4 tired runners with medals in front of the Edinburgh 5k finish line

Edinburgh 5k in the books! 22:43 finish, so not the PB I was hoping for, but that first hill around Arthur’s Seat is brutal (plus a headwind). Rumour has it there’s a half marathon penciled in for next year… #Edinburgh5k #5k #running #HolyroodPark

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#HolyroodPark access report, to continue wide discussion
--> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s8...

Tories amendt on importance of east-west road routes

Cllr Macinnes emphasises value of #HolyroodPark green space

Report agreed 9-2 (Tories against)

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A small, fluffy, yellow gosling sitting in short grass. The geese, including the goslings, graze this patch of grass. I remained a respectful distance away, used a long lens and cropped the image.

A gosling (Canada goose) in Holyrood Park this afternoon. It has one sibling and two attentive parents.

The swan is still on the nest at Dunsapie Loch.

#birds #UKWildlife #HolyroodPark

🏆 Achievement unlocked defeated an e-bike in an unspoken race. Otherwise another nice day for a bike ride. #edinburgh #holyroodpark

Holyrood Park Public Meeting - Lorna Slater MSP Join Lorna Slater MSP for Lothian Region, local community groups and stakeholders as vote on the first committee of the new Friends Of group

👋 Still time to RSVP for Monday's event for #HolyroodPark

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Dansapie Loch in the evening sun
#arthursseat #holyroodpark

Nature and beautiful outdoor spaces in the middle of the city #holyroodpark #edinburgh #photography