Saturday 1st August turned out to be very wet but the event was well attended despite the inclement weather. Pond dipping was a success and an underwater camera gave a subterranean view of life below the surface. Studies were made of the 40 different species caught in a moth trap over the two previous nights. There were displays by the Moth Group, Dorset Countryside, The Urban Heath Partnership, Butterfly Conservation and the Slop Bog Guardians. A besom maker also demonstrated his skills. The Photographic Competition generated a good number of entries providing some wonderful images taken on site. The overall winner was a photograph of a male Crossbill taken by Keith Wilcox shown above.
