Pre-Birdfair Wildlife Adventures
The week was all about Birdfair, except that I had four days before it began. Which, to be fair, were pretty awesome days in themselves. So I shall cover those before I even attempt to write about Birdfair – which is going to require a separate post(s?!).
It began on a lunchtime wander at Lorton, with the realisation that autumn has started to creep upon us … quite a few of the flowers are gone, and berries decorate the bushes instead. However, there are still some butterflies flitting about! Plus it was a warm sunny day in which I could take yet more photos of the Wasp Spiders (Argiope bruennichi) which are now in my favourite animals list (a long list I’ll admit).
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- ID tip: note the cream border to its thorax (the bit just behind its head). Plus, you can’t see it here, but it has some cream spots on its side as well.
Mid-week led to the final preparations and unveiling of our hand-printed animal (remember last week’s fun?) – a basking shark for Weymouth Carnival! Due to my back issues (can’t carry anything heavy) AND my short stature (causing lopsidedness), I was unable to help with carrying the shark. However, that was ok with me as I got to be jellyfish! A dancing one at that! Despite the rain and wind, we had a fantastic time, but we are still waiting to hear who came first out of the walking floats, sure it had to be us?!
Selfie with a lobster & a badger!@DorsetWildlife @WeyCarnival @wildlife_skills @VisitWeymouth #weycarnival #Dorset pic.twitter.com/qTZX2T0RUv
— Megan Shersby (@MeganShersby) August 19, 2015
Thursday was a little bit of a struggle for us at Lorton and Chesil – we were all trying to recover from Carnival. It was surprisingly tiring, and the weather had undoubtable made it worse. At Lorton, the rain was continuing and I had to lead a butterfly activity! Luckily I had plenty of activities to replace looking for butterflies – including making a butterfly mask using one of the resources on the Wildlife Watch website. What do you think?
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I love your butterfly masks! the wildlife watch pages have some many good ideas! Might steal that for the next event (or if I’m invited to a masquerade haha). We made butterfly puppets and (hair?)clips at a recent fair in Nottingham (I just uploaded the post today). Great fun and a really popular activity with girls and boys 🙂 I might invest on some sequins next time and bring the old school back 😛 Less messy than glitter but just as sparkly!
I absolutely love their masks – especially the butterfly one!