Environment

Councillors on the Development Management Sub-Cmte today voted, with some reluctance, to approve a retrospective planning application for the Spiegeltent and associated structures in St Andrew Square Garden (

BETWEEN THE EARTH AND SKIES

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 18/12/2024 - 00:04

ECF Omni SARL seeks planning consent for a new entrance portal for the OMNi Centre, internally lit signage, external lighting and partial levelling of some stepped access.

SOLAR PANELS PLAN FOR St STEPHEN’S

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 29/10/2024 - 11:17

St Stephen’s Theatre Company seeks listed building consent to install photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of its Stockbridge headquarters (

CALTON HILL – SUNSHINE, HAZE AND BIRDS

Submitted by Editor on Sat, 18/05/2024 - 12:39

Sunshine and haze over Calton Hill this morning, where Friends met under the expert guidance of the Scottish Ornithology Club's Stephen Welch to record breeding pairs of bird.

Patient listening and hard stares helped in identifying 18 different species over 2 hours.

Namely: jackdaw, magpie, carrion crow, common gull, herring gull, lesser black-backed gull …

St MARK'S PARK

Submitted by Editor on Sun, 12/05/2024 - 13:23

11.30pm, Saturday 11 May.

A breathtaking natural spectacle: the aurora borealis.

Or not.

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MORNING HAS BROKEN

Submitted by Editor on Sun, 05/05/2024 - 05:57

This morning, to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, Spurtle despatched its Avian Affairs correspondent to the tranquil slopes of Upper Greenside.

Here, at 5.19 am, somewhere above the omnipresent hum and hiss of the OMNi Centre plant, is what they heard …

Blackbird, blue tit, chiffchaff, coal tit, herring gull, nuthatch, robin, song thrush, woodpigeon, wren, Eurasian drug dealer and common taxi.