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Trainee sharnee again, I thoroughly enjoyed bushcraft with Alison at Walthamstow wetlands, We learnt knife skills, making a mallet and tent pegs. We learnt foraging for greater plantain to make balm and we learnt how to make special knots and how to put up a tarp to stay dry and safe. It was a really great experience and incredibly therapeutic working with your hands.

on wednesday the 12th of may I was doing a butterfly transect with Anna Guerin at Hutchinson's bank and we were very excited to find a pair of mating Duke of Burgundy butterflies. They let us get up close and take pictures, it was a great experience- sharnee

I had a really great day of nature and spring at the reserve today . We were all very excited to hear about the fox cubs but weren't sure if we would actually see them but we had the most amazing view of them playing in the sunlit bluebells . Then we went back to the barn and watched and educational film all about spring and the amazing changes it brings , we then discussed what we had watched and went to look at spring flora and fauna on the reserve. We had a look at an abandoned nest and then encountered a roe deer and her fawn ! then I replenished the badger feeders and Jonathan distributed some raw meet to feed the foxes , then checked for grass snakes and were lucky enough to have a sighting even though it was cold and rainy , what a wonderful day of nature !

We went out to use or senses in spring. It was nice to feel the gentle breeze and the sun on our faces. We could hear the birds singing and some observant people saw some mini beasts.

Our second trip was to find the River Wey in Farnham. We met at Bishops Meadow which is an important part of Farnham because it is a flood meadow. In 1968 there was a huge flood and lots of buildings were damaged. When we walked further down the river we tested the water and it was dirtier than in Alton. We paddled because it was really sunny and we picked up litter. Nate found a river cray fish shell and it was blue. My favourite part of the day was paddling and saving a bunny/teddy. By Dilan Smudge Lester-Smith