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, wood pigeon, wren, Eurasian drug dealer and common taxi.
We're told that a second pigeon has fallen to the Elm Row sculpture slayer.
We're making light of it, but we're not happy. Further news will follow if and when we have verified the story.
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The doos are home on Elm Row.
Shona Kinloch’s eight brass figures were removed from the site in 2006 as preparations began on the tramline extension from Newhaven to Broughton.
In the years since, the popular trip hazards (properly titled A Leith Walk since their creation in 1996) have been fully refurbished or, in three cases, recast.
Their reinstatement, along with that of the London Road clock adjacent, marks progress in beginning to restore some normality to the area.