Field Trip to Cliff Pools
Today I went on a field trip to Cliff Pools. This was the first field for Year one. I wasn't expecting my tutor to drive us to the area on the journey in a minibus. Only one student of our 5 didn't attend, but it wasn't surprising. When we arrived at the car park, we found various plants such as Nettle brambles and Goats Rue, as well as Alexanders. There were also plenty of insects at the park, common ones such as dungflies and hoverflies. The hoverflies were interesting as they look like bees and pretend to be them but are just like normal flies. I did find a couple of ladybirds. As we walked down the road to the entrance of Cliff Pools, there was a fly-tip at the side of the road. Unfortunate, I did bring a grabber and gloves, but we really weren't there to clean up litter, or we would've been there all day. We could hear Seagulls, Old Man's Beard and Great tits in the sky, but without the app that my tutor talked about, I can't quickly identify which is ...