Arthur's Seat

As it was a nice day and I had never been there we decided to go and explore Arthur's Seat. We managed to find the lower road and stopped by St. Margaret's loch. The weather deteriorated a bit but we walked round it avoiding the muddy patches. There were several Mute Swans, Tufted Duck, and Black-headed Gulls with a few Mallard, Greylag and Coot. A Moorhen pecked around the tree roots and 2 Blue and 1 Great Tit twittered in the trees.











Just as we got back to the car a ranger turned up and closed the Queen's Drive, despite it supposedly being open till dusk. Following a chat with a local we went back and round the other side, the cliffs are quite spectacular.









We parked by .... Loch and walked up to Dunstapie loch up a long flight of steps. It was great to see 'wild' tots of snowdrops.





The views were great, despite the weather closing in and it was great to be out. Hopefully we will be back in better weather.















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