When I went to clean out the bird bath I noticed three green mounds in the water.
This was the largest at about 20mm (3/4 inch) across:
I decided it was time to have another microscope session to see what, if any, life forms were living in it. To that end I transferred the largest splodge to a plastic dish:
I had hoped to see a few bits of microscopic life but was blown away by their sheer numbers in such a small place as you will see later in the video:
A screen grab from the video. Each life form is less than a tenth of a mm in size.
I think the star shaped objects are Staurastrum:
Another screen grab of a larger life form, about 10mm long and 1mm thick, possibly a midge larva. All the tiny pale specks are the things shown in the first screen grab:
On to the video:
Have a great weekend observing the wildlife around you, whatever its size.
Fascinating and really good quality. I bet it uploaded to YouTube before you turned the kettle on.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: Reasonably quickly anyway as it was well over 100MB. Uploading photos seem almost instantaneous now.
DeleteFascinating John - so much goes on around us about which we know so little.
ReplyDeleteso much life we don't even realize is there!
ReplyDeleteWeaver & TWG: We humans are well outnumbered by the amount of microscopic life.
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