[wildone]

I was privelleged last Sunday to watch a birdringer at work. There were only 5 of us there watching, 2 children, their parents and me. The interest shown by the children was great. They asked sensible questions to which they received answers that took into account their ages (10 and 7), but they were not spoken down to. During the 15 or so minutes while the ringer processed the birds the children stood quietly and attentively, listening to what was said about individual birds. The parents obviously were not that knowledgeable but were also interested and I feel that those children are probably hooked for life. As we wandered back along the path afterwards, insects, such as Dragonflies and Butterflies were looked at and talked about. Two young naturalists in the making? As I say a privelege to have been present.