The Bioblitz allows many disciplines to work together to identify and document the various wildlife species present in the Wyre Estuary Country Park and wider district, running for 24 hours from 12:00 on the Friday to 12:00 on Saturday; this year’s event was run over the 14th and 15th of June. In addition to the identification activity this year there was a marquee tent open to the public on the Saturday for local wildlife and environmental organisations to have stands, and Lancashire MCS were invited to use one of these as well as helping with some of the identification. So on the Saturday Kathy, Hilary and Lewis managed the stand and, after helping set things up, Barry helped with some of the microscopy.

As well as the usual leaflets, information and pin badges we had a range of craft activities prepared for the kids (and us bigger kids). These were well received and we had steady flow of people visiting the stand, at least until the weather took an extreme turn with a heavy thunder storm that seemed to drive a lot of people home and slow things down. It was an enjoyable day and I think that we would love to do it all again, preferably without the storm, not that we would have any control over that.

Lewis Bambury, 23rd June 2024