We popped down to Creekside Discovery Centre in Deptford on Saturday to earn the Naturalist Activity Badge.

After an introduction to the centre and its work from Natalie, our guide…

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the scouts set off for some mapping of the creek.

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Then we pulled on our waders to explore the creek.

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We walked up the creek and back down again while Natalie taught us all about the wildlife that lived there.

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We finished off with some fishing and caught a Chinese Mitten Crab and a stickleback

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Now it’s just fingers crossed that the badges arrive in time to give out this week!

Thanks to Sam and Don for coming on the trip and making it happen.

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