Two years ago the wildlife explorers made a wildlife pond. On the February meeting this year the wildlife explorers did pond dipping in it for the first time. The pond was teaming with life. We found loads of little critters swimming around. This is a good sign of the pond being clean and a good habitat for the pond life. The pond was compared to the main pond dipping one and we found our own little pool had just as many creatures swimming around as the main pond dipping pond does.
We found:
Pond snailsDiving Beetle LarvaMayfly NymphDamselfly NymphStonefly NymphDragonfly NymphWater BoatmenNewtsWater fleaPhantom Midge Larva
By Lewis Dowling age 16