Biologists gain experience in the field

There were expeditions to observe species diversity and variation on a rocky shore at Sawdern Point. Students also visited Freshwater West to look at sand dune succession and considered conservation and management strategies for the site. At the field centre itself students extracted photosynthetic pigments isolated from the fronds of different seaweeds, estimated the population of pond snails and even managed to catch a vole using mammal traps - which was subsequently released!