Lymnaea stagnalis. Handsome creatures, but heavily implicated in the recent total disappearance of the frogspawn. Reluctantly, I culled 20. There are still plenty left.

See Austrian enthusiast’s article and Wikipedia article

I also spotted some eggs, which are very characteristic and seen in an image in the Wikipedia article.

Vaughn came round today to pick up some pond plants and immediately spotted a male palmate newt, and shortly thereafter a female.

See Froglife article

(Needless to say, I couldn’t see any the next day, but I’ll keep my eyes open)