Southover 2016
Life in a drop of water
Pond cam has being providing views of how rich the life is in the woodland pond. Some of the pond life is quite large, such as the fish and the newts. But some of it is very tiny, too small to see in detail but you can see lots of tiny creatures swimming in front of [...]
Amazing fish parasite called Argulus
Last Friday, after Robsac School's pond dipping session, we found a small pond animal swimming around in the container which was pointed out by one of the children. We had already chosen the 10 pond creatures for the broadcast so it was not mentioned. However this fascinating pond creature is called Argulus also known as a fish louse. [...]
Robsack 2016
Very sorry Robsack but there was a problem with the mike falling off the boom for some reason just before broadcast with the result that we lost sound. However, I decided to still post this so that you have a memory of it but very sorry that the sound did not work.
Common freshwater eels and their migration
In the autumn last year, adult common eels migrated down the river Ouse and other Sussex rivers to the sea. Their return to the sea was the first stage of a very long migration when thousands of common eels swim to the Sargasso Sea where they are believed to breed. The adult eels live in [...]
All cameras working now
Thanks to Paul, all cameras are working now and we may change ditch cam as the Azolla fern has become very thick on the water. But all working now.