Last night I returned home after a couple of nights in London. I went out into the garden with a torch, just in case, and this is what I saw.
This is particularly pleasing because it shows that some of the frogs that laid eggs last year have found places to survive the winter and are able to breed again this year. Their children who were tadpoles last year are still too young.
If you are ever waiting for a train at Euston, St Pancras or King's Cross (it happens a lot if you live in Edinburgh) it is well worth going 400 metres or so north of King's Cross to find this.
Camley Street Natural Park is a lovely place to spend a few minutes. A volunteer warden and I chatted for a bit.
They have, of course, more space than the owners of small patches for whom this blog is written. But one can always learn something new that may be worth trying in a small space. They have more than one log pile:
I expect we all do. But they are trying out a new idea which is explained in these two photos.
There is surely no reason why we should not make all our walls and fences bioreceptive. I will let you know how I get on. Meanwhile, I shall enjoy watching the frogspawn develop.
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