A Hunt in a Horse-Pond ' Pray, what is there to be found in a horse-pond except mud, dead dogs and cats and duckweed?'
1 Toe-biters and ' porwiggles' records Francis Trevelyan
Buckland. 19th-century naturalist and enthusiast for scrabbling about waist-deep in water with a jam-jar and a fishing net.
Barry Paine reads a selection of highlights from Buckland's
Curiosities of Natural History. producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol long wave only