{"id":74566,"date":"2025-05-04T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/74566\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T19:09:15","slug":"ducklings-hatch-at-lauriston-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/74566\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducklings hatch at Lauriston Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  A total of nine ducklings have hatched at Lauriston Castle. <\/p>\n<p>In the grounds of the castle which is owned and run by the council anyone can enjoy a woodland walk, a visit to the award-winning Japanese garden, or step back in time and experience what life was like in an Edinburgh middle-class home at the beginning of the 20th century by booking a castle tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the grounds there are many opportunities to see wildlife including these cute ducklings. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595874\"  \/>Ducklings at Lauriston Castle Gardens.9 chicks have hatched in total. Picture Alan Simpson 4\/5\/2025<img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595873\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS09.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595872\"  \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595871\"  \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595870\"  \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595869\"  \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_DUCKLINGS01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595868\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/ducklings-hatch-at-lauriston-castle\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746385752_823_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/ducklings-hatch-at-lauriston-castle\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746385752_31_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746385753_633_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/temperatures-soar-as-moulin-rouge-arrives-in-edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temperatures soar as Moulin Rouge arrives in Edinburgh<\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" aria-label=\"author-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img alt=\"Phyllis Stephen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746385755_852_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter. &#13;<br \/>\nEdinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total of nine ducklings have hatched at Lauriston Castle. 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