Up close and personal

RSPB held their annual Estuary under the Microscope event at the Ribble Discovery Centre last Sunday.  Over 300 visitors examined tiny creatures barely visible to the human eye through Chantelle Edwards' microscope.  The larger than life images were displayed on a TV screen for all to see.  This event has become a much loved tradition of MWH Mersey Basin Week at the Discovery Centre and illustrates the importance of the estuary mud as a giant foodstore for the millions of birds that populate the estuary.