Eco Club

Sunday, September 25th 2011

Driving along the access road to Foxglove Covert, please drive carefully to miss the Shaggy Inkcaps that are growing in the middle of the road!

Shaggy Inkcaps in the middle of the access road.

Eco Club met this morning and we set off to check some bat boxes.  Tom and Brian had found one earlier, still inhabited by a bat.  The underwater camera was deployed and the children filed past the screen to see the tiny bat.  It moved around a little and at one point looked straight at the camera.  This took a short time and the front was returned to allow the bat to rest for the remainder of the day.

checking a bat box

A quick visit to Risedale Beck was followed by pond dipping.  The children caught damselfy larvae, water boatmen, snails, sticklebacks and Pond Skaters.

Pond dipping

Thank you to everyone who helped today.


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