What better thing to do on a lazy Sunday than to spend it dipping for river folk.
This event was arranged via the Wiltshire WIldlife Trust in conjunction with the Riverfly Partnership
Riverflies website
The aim is monitor populations of invertebrae in selected rivers within Wiltshire to determine the health of that particular stretch. By studying the larvae of the Caddis fly (cased and uncased), Mayfly (Ephemeridae), Olives (Baetidae), Stoneflies and Flatbodied (Heptageniidae) a state of a river can be determined as these species are most vulnerable to pollution.
'twas a great day, with lectures in the morning followed by a practical session held at Langford Lakes, after lunch, samples collected from the river were studies in closer detail with the aid of microscopes.
After a location confirmation period we should recieve details of our stretch of river to be studied (hopefully Slaughterford in Wilts) and we'll be issued with useful kit...like speed boats and jet skies....or most probably just a dipping net.
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