The Frogs are Awakening

We spent most of Sunday in the back garden, chopping up some of the wood that people have kindly given us, and building a log store alongside the garden shed.

It was pleasing to see a frog hopping around the pond, but he jumped in before we could get a good look. A sweep of the net and we found at least three frogs have emerged so far ... two boys and one girl. Hopefully we will get some frog spawn soon!

We only get Common Frogs in our pond, but we are going on a course later in the month to learn more about Amphibian Surveys. This is through a project called PondNet run through Pond Conservation.  It will allow me to get some hands on experience surveying local ponds and their wildlife, and hopefully some contact with some less common species.