holly hunter pt 2

27-04-26 Big thanks to Derek for flagging up Newhailes as a potential spot for Holly Blues. I think he may have been dogwalking there; and had noticed around ten HBs in passing. I thought that sounded like twice as many as I'd seen in other hotspots this year and that a visit may be overdue. M and I had cycled along this way some years ago but I couldn't quite remember how you got into the estate grounds from the Brunstane Burn path so had a quick look at the map before setting off.fence post peacockI cycled via the coast which seemed like the most direct route. Just after Joppa you cross at the lights at the bottom of Milton Rd and join the end of the Brunstane Burn path for a couple of hundered yards before going through a wooden swing gate and into the estate. It was nearly ideal weather being sunny again and I was expecting the place to be swarming with butterflies, which it wasn't. There were loads of flowering lilac bushes (great fragrance) which you'd think might be heaving…