Walked the canal and river for an hour today. Weather bright but cold. Canal still frozen, with a pair of thin looking swans managing to forage in a patch of water under a bridge. Goat willow buds beginning to open showing brilliant white tips, and plenty of small birds in song, but few other signs of spring around.
There are some beautiful old poplars along the riverside here, downstream from Slateford to Gorgie road. The heavily fissured bark shows up really well when there is not much green vegetation around.
Poplar, Water of Leith
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