Monday, November 8, 2010

Mallard Ducks

Mallard Ducks with male in the centre.

Vinnie and his Stone Loach Fish

More kick sampling in the river

Kick sample

Martin and Keelin doing a technique known as a kick sample.

The whole class hard at work

Cabragh wetlands outside Thurles (Grid Reference: S108552) was our next fieldtrip stop on the 6/Oct/2010. Here we started the day by taking measurements along the Cabragh river such as water flow rate, slope and aspect. We conducted a biotic index to discover what invertebrates were present. This helped gauge pollution levels and overall health of this stretch of river. We also spent some time doing Bird identification in a Bird hide.

Metal Trees

Unobtrusive infrastructure can help change the minds of peoples perception to our environment. This metal structure is used for communications.