On Monday 8th July in warm sunshine and with a clear blue sky, twenty six children from St Bede's Primary School visited RSPB Geltsdale as part of the Skydancer project, funded by Heritage Lottery.
In the morning they explored and enjoyed the moorland habitat and played hide and seek in the long heather at the old Foresthead quarry.
After lunch at the visitor centre the children split into two groups. Group one used binoculars and spotted a flock of 20 lapwings with their chicks, a curlew and several swans across Tindale Tarn. Group two discovered Stonefly and Mayfly nymphs and a host of fresh water shrimps.
The day closed with a hectic and rather fun game of shrinking habitats.
Jill J