Little Canada 2010- Midweek minibeasts

Some say all you do is clean things. Some say that it is the most boring activity of the week. All we know is that it is called the Matrix and don't believe all you hear. Today or yesterday all four groups had a go at this. It doe not look much from the outside but looks can deceive. There is so much we want to show you but we are sworn to secrecy.

Here is the smallest of clues as to what we found inside. Curious eh?

Again Some of us had Quad biked before but today the last two groups had their chance. 10 mph does not sound very fast but when you are negotiating a narrow track through the woods, it is certainly fast enough. Needless to say it was safety first though and with the right equipment and tuition ..and tyres everyone was safe. This group all got round without any crashes.

Minibeast Safaris are not that easy in the winter. Things are harder to find so the excitement was all the greater when we did spot something.

Yesterday it was six figure grid references today it was annelids, molluscs and myriapods.

Amongst the habitats we explored were the Meadow, log piles and Pond.
We dipped enthusiastically into a rather stinky pond.

But pickings were slim. Waterhog lice and ramshorn snails were the best we could find. Somebody had thought it would be a good idea to introduce fish into the pond earlier in the year and the results were fat happy fish and not much left for us. Everyone still had fun though, despite the dangers presented by "Wingy" Wednesday and chalets being full of tired/excited children.

We took our knowledge of classification and adaptations to the ICT suite in the evening. this particular minibeast is a Mosquito killer. Scary!