It was on Valentine’s Day, 2 weeks ago  that our ova hatched into alevins at the Stronsay School. The pupils have been visiting them every single day, making sure the pump is working, removing the dead alevins (3 casualties over the 2 weeks) and recording water temperature. The yolk-sacs on the alevins have visibly shrunk and the small fish are turning darker and a lot more active. Jim Adams let us use the picture above which shows an alevin about the same age as ours just now –  all the other pictures were taken at the school.