Our first Make your Mark experience was Pond Dipping.
We set off to Darnley where we met the Ranger. Our first task was orienteering. We had to follow a map to find 10 different points. At each point we found a letter which we had to record.
This involved lots of responsibility as we set off in groups in different directions.

Most groups found every point but it was quite a challenge to spot them all.

Next stop was pond dipping. It was quite a challenge as to see the best invertebrates you needed to be quiet so they didn’t get scared.

Of course finding the insects was only the first step we then had to identify them using classification questions, photos and information sheets.