Perhaps not on a rainy day, but another fun late summer to early autumn outdoor activity is crabbing! 🦀 Crabbing is where you use a crab line to catch young crabs from the sea. You can then give them a good look-over, before you pop them back into the water. The fun is all about how many you catch! There are lots of places to go crabbing near to London - we would recommend Mersea Island Jetty however (more on Mersea Island in another post!) though we caught these in Selsey. But as you can (perhaps) hear from this video, crabbing can be quite exciting stuff... How To: Buy a non-plastic crabbing line, perhaps from @georgeswhitstable , and grab some bacon for bait (crabs LOVE bacon). Also, find a quality net (ideally an extendable one) and a light coloured or transparent bucket. Next, find a good crabbing spot at low tide. Rockpools, harbours and so on are good - small crabs hide out in these spots. Pop your bacon and some small stones into the bag at the end of the line, lower the line into the water, and wait. Et voila, you should get a nibble! Use your net to carefully catch the crab and pop it into your bucket. Now catch another! After you have identified and watched them for a while, quickly pop them back in. Watch out for crafty seagulls waiting to eat your freshly released crabs! More: We asked a lot of questions during this activity such as, what sort of crab is it? How many legs has it got/ how do you know its a crab? We had an identification book and an app, so could easily find out the crabs above were common shore crabs or European green crabs. #crabbing #shorecrabs #greencrabs #forestschooluk #seaside #shoreschooluk #crabs #beach #foraging #getoutside #outdoorlearning #natureplay #science #switchon (at Selsey Seafront) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjfnjKh2WU/?igshid=cwzzaazkvtqx
