The Aerie are messengers of hope, flying and singing to announce the arrival of the Green Man and the May Queen on Calton Hill. Our Photopoint photographers visited one of their rehearsals to capture the colourful fun.

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_{Photos (from top) by Asier Goikoetxea, Bleu Hope, Dan Mosley, Martin McCarthy, Neil Barton and Pascal van der Meiden.}