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Interesting fungi found today.

Spent this afternoon with the Dean Rangers walking the 2nd route for recording butterfly activity. I will also be recording in the Kay Park and along the Kilmarnock water.

We spotted, seals, herons, a hare, eider ducks, small fish and insects at the standline, whelks, razor shells, sea urchins, sea anemones, seaweed, crabs, sponges, heart urchins and lots lots more. We looked at how mudstones and sandstone had been laid down over millions of years and how üthe Earth had buckled and tilted the rocks. We saw how limestones had been lain down in tropical waters and discovered that this coast had been positioned near the Equator. 320,000 years ago. Fossil corals were seen and collected too. Add to this hot dogs on a fire, toasted marshmallows, wading in the sea and scrambling the rocks....it was an amazing, fun day out.

On Saturday 12th May 19 1st Longniddry Cubs, 4 Beavers and 3 Scouts took part in JOTT 18. Scouts round the World get together to go on a hike on this day. We decided to walk a portion of The John Muir Way between Aberlady and Longniddry. It was a fantastic day. On meeting the participants were read Muir's words, " With red-blooded playmates, wild as myself, I loved to wander in the fields to hear the birds sing, and along the seashore to gaze and wonder at the shells and seaweeds, eels and crabs in the pools among the rocks when the tide was low" and were asked to be like the young Muir on our hike.

The Cubs were out building shelters in our wild place last night. They had tarps, rope and sisal twine to make a shelter capable of withstanding heavy rain. They all did well and there were some great examples of teamwork and leadership. Once the shelters were finished we had toffee popcorn made over one of our ezystoves. We have put out the trail camera again baited with mealtimes hoping to lure a hedgehog into focus.

In teams of three, the children took turns to be guided in a roundabout way, blindfolded, to a tree chosen for them by their team-mates, where they used all their other senses to try to create a picture of that tree in their minds. After being returned to base camp and spun around in their blindfolds, they tried to find their special tree. Everyone succeeded! What species was your tree? Could you draw it from memory?