page_title: Water of Leith
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Water of Leith / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: English: Herons are often see along the Water of Leith which runs comparatively hidden through the surrounding City of Edinburgh. This one was photographed near the Dean Bridge.
context_page_description: The Water of Leith is the main river flowing near central Edinburgh, Scotland, and flows into the port of Leith where it flows into the sea via the Firth of Forth.
context_section_description: The river is stocked with brown trout, and also contains wild grayling, eels, stone loach, minnow, three-spined Stickleback and flounder. A few sea-trout run the river, and occasional Atlantic salmon are reported, although those from which scale samples have been obtained have turned out to be from other catchments. Until the weirs are either demolished or furnished with effective fish-passes, there is little chance of a population of salmon establishing themselves in this river again. Roe deer, badgers, otters and other mammals are occasionally seen. The river and its environs are the haunt of a wide variety of woodland and water birds, including kingfisher, grey heron, pied wagtail, great spotted woodpecker and white-throated dipper.
caption: Heron on the Water of Leith
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