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Patches of gorse scrub are good places to find stonechats and whinchats, as well as robins and wrens, and rocky screes are the haunt of common lizards, which bask in the sun.

Bogs and marsh are where plants and animals specially adapted to their surroundings can be found. Insectivorous plants such as round-leaved sundew and common butterwort grow on damp ground, and obtain essential nutrients from the flies and beetles they trap.

There is usually some wildlife interest at any time of year on the walks described.

Cauliflower fungus at base of Scots pine (Walk 6)

WALK 1

A capital view

Start/Finish Hillend car park (NT249669) Distance 5.5km Total Ascent 390m Time 2hr Maps Ordnance Survey Landranger 66 or Ordnance Survey Explorer 344

A short, and in places steep, walk rewarded with magnificent views across the city and surrounding hill ranges. Excellent on a crisp winter’s day when time and light are short.

1 Begin at the Hillend car park next to the bus terminus at the entrance to the Midlothian Snowsports Centre. There is a waymarker post here – follow the sign indicating Capital View Walk.