Take me to the River at The Watershed with Adrian Newton. In association with Dorset Council. British Science Week, Dorset Museum, Bournemouth University, Cape Farewell and SAMARCH.

18 march [BandCamp download and further details]

Take Me To The River workshops 2023, Saturday 18th March, part of Dorchester Science Festival, in partnership with Dorset Council, Dorset Museum and Bournemouth University.

Families and people of all ages attended this free event, and experienced an array of exciting, hands-on activities where they could explore underwater worlds.

Participants worked with scientists and artists to investigate and learn about freshwater habitats and their biodiversity.

Sound Fishing: led by Adrian Newton (Bournemouth University), David Rogers (electricbackroom STUDIO) and Lynn Davy involved getting the public listening to nature through a variety of microphones and hydrophones.

Under the Microscope: led by Genoveva Esteban (Bournemouth University), involved exploring pond life and studying the single celled organisms under microscopes.

Migration & Tracking: led by Will Beaumont (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) and involved participants participants heading out into the river with nets to discover the wildlife within.

tracks two and five: ‘here at the old trout farm1&2’ by Helen Moore – compiled from workshop participants responses.

Take Me To The River video by Kat Pegler
www.instagram.com/reel/CqFjBxAIM_0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

take me to the river team:

David Buckland – Founder + Director (Cape Farewell)
www.capefarewell.com/david-buckland/
Kat Pegler – Managing Director (Cape Farewell)
www.capefarewell.com
Helen Moore – Eco-poet
www.helenmoorepoet.com
Adrian Newton – Professor of Conservation Ecology
(Bournemouth University)
nemeton.org.uk
Lynn Davy
www.facebook.com/lynn.davy.beadwork
David Rogers – co-director (electricbackroom STUDIO)
https://davidrogersstudio.wordpress.com/
Genoveva Esteban – Professor of Microbial Ecology
(Bournemouth University)
staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/gesteban
Will Beaumont – Senior Research Assistant
(Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust)
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/fisheries-blog/2018/march/end-of-an-era-at-gwct-salmon-trout-research-centre/

event funded by Dorset County Council and a private USA donation from Dr B Buckland.

partners: Dorset Council, British Science Week, Dorset Museum, Bournemouth University, Cape Farewell, SAMARCH, Dorchester Science Festival 2023 and electricbackroom STUDIO.