Sunday, 21 September 2014

Catch of the day

Last night we set some small mammal traps. 


When we checked the traps this morning we had a few false alarms. 

One group found a rather large slug...


..and then three lucky groups found wood mice. The children did a great job identifying the mammals we caught, using a key they made in the classroom this morning. 






Once we had identified and observed the mice we set them free. Goodbye Brian!


The traps have now been reset so hopefully we can find some diurnal mammals while we are out today.