Alan Wood’s microscopical diary – 2025

February 2025

Joan Bingley and I took stereomicroscopes and specimens to the “Life Under a Microscope” session of the Wimbledon Common Nature Club. It is run by Auriel Glanville and her assistants (Jen ????, Luci Teuma and Alexander and Oliver Mallett) and welcomes children from 6–14 years old to come and discover the world of nature on the Common. They meet for 2 hours each month in the Information Centre, the same venue as used by Quekett members on excursions, the Weekend of Nature and the Open Day. I took my Olympus SZ4045 stereomicroscope with an LED ring-light, and a small and simple stereomicroscope.

Families with stereomicroscopes

Families with my stereomicroscopes

Joan brought a small Brunel stereomicroscope with transmitted and reflected light, and an old Orion S420 with a torch as a light source.

Joan Bingley’s stereomicroscopes

Joan Bingley’s stereomicroscopes

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