Tuesday 25 February 2014

Frog spawn

Yesterday when I went out to feed the birds I was amazed to find some frog spawn in the reflection pool. The pool is only the size of a sheet of ply and 2 inches deep.
This morning we took an early morning hike up onto the Berwyns above our property. The idea was to try and find some grouse, although we drew a blank on them, what did surprise me was the amount of frog spawn in the puddles along the tracks up there. Some of the puddles were full to the brim of spawn while others still had frogs mating. We must have been near a 1000ft above sea level with small patches of snow still visible on the shaded slopes further up. As long as we do not get a drought this year the moors could be alive with froglets later this summer.







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