With reports of frog spawn being seen in other parts of the Island I thought I’d better check our wildlife pond and…

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With reports of frog spawn being seen in other parts of the Island I thought I’d better check our wildlife pond and…

Magpie “fishing” for tadpoles in the garden wildlife pond this morning.
Dawn chorus with frogs croaking in the garden wildlife pond today.
Frogs in (and out of) the garden wildlife pond this morning.
More frogspawn this time on the other side of the garden wildlife pond to first deposit.

Inital deposit of frogspawn has been added to overnight.

Frogs croaking in the garden wildlife pond this morning accompanying the dawn chorus.
First small deposit of frogspawn in the garden wildlife pond overnight. Two days earlier than last year.

Blackbirds visiting the garden wildlife pond this morning.
Frogs in the garden wildlife pond overnight. 7 days and counting to first spawn last year.