Wading In For Wildlife

Michael Thorpe and Tim Ganniclife catching
invertebrates in the water. Photo: Ron Warne

We don't often feature photos of our recording team in action, but here is one of a survey in Clatter Brook, where it flows through our Thornton Wood nature reserve. Michael and Tim are catching and identifying invertebrates - which necessitates getting IN the stream. Fortunately not all our surveyors have to get that wet - though this summer, everyone has got damp regularly, even the botanists.

Dr Hilary Ash, Honorary Conservation Officer, Wirral Wildlife