This has to count as one of my more unusual engagements! Fir Tree primary school have teamed up with the Kennet Valley Countryside Project, and with funding from Newbury Town Council they are the proud owners of a trout hatchery!
This state of the art fish tank does the opposite of most fish tanks, in that it keeps the water cool not warm. Trout eggs were placed in the tank near the end of January, and the children have been feeding these baby trout with miniscule pinches of fish food every day since. Today the fish were about an inch long, but already look like trout! They will be taken to the nearby river Lambourn when they are about three months old - around the time of the Easter holidays.
After feeding the fish, I was given a guided tour of the school by the headteacher.
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