Over the last few days the frogs have continued to be busy in the pond and wev'e now got at least five seperate blobs of frog's spawn all in the same area. The frogs themselves have remained elusive, though a couple of water boatmen and those little water-skimming spiders have begun to make regular appearances.
Thanks to a couple of warm days of gorgeous sunshine lots of new growth is beginning to show around the garden. Cleavers, nettles, cow parsley and little honesty seedlings are all sending up new growth. In the crazy paving close to the house herb robert is abundant whilst amongst the meadow area the primroses are starting to bloom.
The birds have also been really busy of late. The blackcap has been singing his heart out for days now and he paid a brief visit to our newly dug veg patch for a while. Today we also had a handsome pair of magpies visit, drinking from the pond and chipping away at one of the nearby rotting logs.
In the night sky Mars is clearly visable in the south, whilst Venus and Jupiter are a lovely sight close together in the south-west.