The final summer term Young Friends of Castle Meadows session recently took place when Year 1 pupils from Llanfoist Primary School revisited the site in order to take part in some different activities.

Starting off in the Horse Chestnut copse the young naturalists identified a range of ‘minibeasts’ by using their pots, brushes and magnifiers. Their was no shortage of the usual suspects i.e. ants, woodlice, beetles etc. as well as ladybirds and, lurking in the longer grass, a cricket. The class were also set an afternoon research task involving identifying the number of legs on the millipede!
After a short break the children then went into neighbouring Linda Vista to devise suitable habitats for the stuffed toy versions of stoats, badgers, rabbit, hedgehogs and rabbits. They even located a rare red squirrel up a tree (!) before the excited group made their way back to school.