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3s Visit to
Dale Fort Field Studies Centre in Wales The first activity of the morning was collecting plankton samples. We were separated into 3 groups and whilst one group sped away on the boat with Julian, the rest of us looked at the mammal-traps we had set the previous night. We were successful in both activities, catching 2 voles, (which is a lot better than the 2s did last year), and finding many plankton samples which we then looked at under microscopes once we had returned to our lab. The afternoon was definitely
the wettest of our activities so far. We journeyed down to Gann
estuary by the village and began our expedition, Seine netting. We
walked along the waters edge until we reached our starting point,
our aim was to catch as many fish as possible (and the more crabs
the better)! We were instructed to splash around the large Seine net
so that the fish would not swim around the net. We had many
attempts and almost everyone was soaked, especially a certain daring
bunch who took to swimming in the shallows, much to Miss Lucy’s
horror! We were hoping to catch a certain fish called a Mullet, but
these fish are rather cunning and managed to jump out from the net
on more than one occasion making themselves almost impossible to
catch. When all hope was lost there was a cry from Katie, a mullet
had been found tangled in the net. The two discoverers, Katie and
Harry then posed in front of the camera showing off their prize! We
then returned home fully satisfied and drenched ready for our
well-deserved supper! |
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