Coldest spring day on record. Not that nuch snow, but very fine, and the wind has blown it into deep drifts. Rather poor photos illustrate the weakness of the phone’s camera in these conditions. I hope the frogspawn survives.

A pair of frogs spotted in F1 in the front garden. It was difficult to see how they could get to the pond by themselves in that configuration, so I moved them to the pond’s edge. They soon swam off into slightly deeper water.

First frog spawn seen this year

Pair of adult frogs seen for the first time this year. Sunny, but still quite cool.

The first frogspawn appeared in early February, and I counted up to 12 frogs in the pond in various combinations. The tadpoles developed quite slowly (perhaps because of the rather cold weather). They’re very difficult to photograph. The oddest thing was that one day the pond would be full of them and the next very few were visible – presumably hiding somewhere.

Photo by Pete Ryell.