The Islay Show was a great success yesterday, with the sun shining and the rain that was promised...absent! We had a great turnout at our Islay Natural History Trust stand. The activity in and around the stand, shop display and activities was buzzing with life.
Our games consisted of 'The Great Bird Race', featuring a Chough, Corncrake, Lapwing and Mallard, of which were selected by their players and raced against each other for the prize of a INHT lanyard. Our other game sent the children fishing in 'Fishing Jackpot' and they had to pick an animal to help (Gannet, Otter, Grey heron or Puffin) catch a pair of fish with matching numbers. There was the opportunity to win sweets and more depending on how many matching numbers were found...It's safe to say that our sweet jar was very much empty by the end of the day! Although these attractions were very popular with the children passing by, there were also a few keen adults who could not resist!
One of the more popular attractions of our stand this year with both adults and children was our 'Find the Islay Otter', of which the public had to guess which grid square on the Islay map, the otter may have been hiding. Each square had a number and at the end of the day, all of the chosen numbers were raffled and a winner was chosen! Our prizes consisted of a Kilchoman Machair bay and Sanaig Whiskey gift set (for the adults) and one of our cuddly toy otters! Well done to Eva who successfully found the otter and has won our prizes!...and a thank you to David Webster and Bernard Hannett for helping out for the day and Bernard for being a brilliant mascot for showing off our wonderful prizes.
The day was glorious and a big thank you to anyone who came along to visit our stand and who took part in any of our activities! Make sure to pop along to our centre in Port Charlotte, where we are open from Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. All are welcome!
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