First February Frogs

I won't claim that we're overrun with them, but there were two frogs in the pond tonight, the first I've seen this year. It's always good to witness their seasonal reappearance. With luck they will soon be joined by others and the annual breeding frenzy will begin. For now though, it is simply two lone frogs…

The newts have been active for a little while now. They seem to thrive despite the volume of weeds and leaves in the pond. I should clear it a bit (if only to get a few more camera angles 😉 ). Here's one of tonight's group shots.

There was no sign of the mange fox on the trail cam last night, but there was a surprise. I've tried to edit this so you can see them but the quality has degraded badly in uploading it. Anyway, watch the upper part of the frame. Two badgers passed through the garden at around 4.00am. If you use your imagination you can just about make them out.

Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.

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This Post Has 10 Comments

  1. Ukwildlife

    10 Feb 2011

    Nice pics.

    Good news on the amphibians being out too. Im hoping to find some at the weekend

  2. RobinL

    11 Feb 2011

    It seems like your amphibians are quick to appear. Seems that only recently is was snow and freezing!
    We seem to be stuck in a slow crawl into Spring, even though it's early. Signs are definitely there, but it was frosty again last night and winter's hiding in the dark corners

  3. serola

    11 Feb 2011

    :eyes: Now I feel like living in Antarctic 😆

  4. gdare

    11 Feb 2011

    Hopefully, pond will not freeze again :left:

  5. Words

    12 Feb 2011

    Neil, not many frogs yet, but a sure sign that spring is on the way. Good luck with finding some!

  6. Words

    12 Feb 2011

    Adele, two badgers => many badgers :whistle: That would be interesting! Only a couple of frogs so far. The numbers ought to increase over the next week or so if it stays mild.

  7. SittingFox

    12 Feb 2011

    Two badgers are very good news! :yes:

    Nice to see the frogs again. As far as I know, they're still sleeping up here! :zzz:

  8. Words

    12 Feb 2011

    Sami, our weather is always so unpredictable. It could easily get cold again.

  9. Words

    12 Feb 2011

    Darko, a small freeze wouldn't be a problem. They seem to be able to cope with that. I'm not sure how they would cope if the whole pond froze up again though.

  10. Words

    12 Feb 2011

    Robin, this is probably quite a late start for them (I'd need to check previous years). The chances of a further freeze here haven't gone yet (a couple of years ago we had heavy snow in April), but it's relatively mild at the moment.

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