Blue-winged takeover
Early start to meet Susie at Lister Road for the monthly riverfly count. The river levels were strikingly low – literally not even up to ankles, but it seemed to be flowing faster which was odd.
The first thing we noticed was Blue-winged olives everywhere. More than gammarus which is incredible. So after a while we didn’t collect and just estimated the number. After a while though, we got the eye in for other species and found regular olives as well.
Overall a score of 8 which is perhaps a bit on the low side for this site, but still very respectable.
In the afternoon, the second Dursley Code Club of the week down at the library. Another new volunteer today, who is on a break from University. Today, the children were very quiet, just getting on with their projects, and not really too many questions.
