The next meeting of the Louth Wildlife Watch Group will be on Sunday 21 November starting at 2 pm. We will all meet at the café.
Louth’s Wildlife Watch Group joined forces with members of the Louth Navigation Trust at the historic Navigation Warehouse for their latest meeting on Sunday 24 October.
Twelve children aged between 3 and 11 years, and
their parents enjoyed an afternoon learning about the canal’s rich industrial
past and the fascinating nature to be found along its banks today.
Alison began the session with an overview of the
canal’s history, its development and change over time. Then Roger led the group
on a circular walk along the bank pointing out places of interest along the
way, which children were able to mark off on their own maps.
Returning to the warehouse children formed into
family groups to test out the popularity of different types of food on the
large duck population there. Sweetcorn and oats seemed to go down very well,
but peas were less well received.
Returning inside children engaged in a range of
nature related art activities including pairing waterside animals with their
habitats, drawing animals of the canal and designing their own poster to
publicise various aspects of the canal.
Before departing we all thanked the Navigation
and Wildlife organisers for the session, and parents took home a guide to canal
walks so that they could explore further on another occasion.
A thoroughly enjoyable experience for all!
Keith Palmer
