Pond dipping

 At Whitehall, on Thursday morning, Mrs Storey led a pond dipping activity.

They caught a wide variety of creatures including dragonfly larvae, juvenile newt, mayfly nymphs and biting midge larva. (We all saw and felt the effects of a lot of the live ones each evening!)

Neon damsel fly

Forget-me-nots

The pond 


Swimming mayfly newt



Biting midge larva
Juvenile newt

Water boatman and biting midge larva

Cuckoo spit

Pond Beetle 

Dragonfly larva

Thistle

Burnett Moth

Yellow Flag Iris

They also watered the allotment, which was much appreciated by staff at Whitehall. 

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