Sunday 7 June 2009

The Big Pond Dip 2009 - our results

Today we did the big pond dip and found a surprising variety of wildlife including tadpoles, newtpoles, an adult newt, leeches, a backswimmer, mayfly larvae, water slaters, pond snails, pond skaters, water measurers, a dragonfly larva and lots of smaller things that I've yet to identify.





Dragonfly larva:



Mayfly larva:



Backswimmer:



Pond skater:



Water measurer:



Newtpole:



Leech:



Water slater:



Water snail:



The squirrel joined me to have a drink at one point:





and William supervised from his new favourite spot on the bench:

1 comment:

Scriptor Senex said...

Brilliant - what a haven your pond has become.