The amount of sunshine each day is reducing as the week progresses with a resulting fall off in temperature too. Just a little late afternoon sunshine on Tuesday with a high temperature of 10.6° about average but all the same a little disappointing after the milder weather earlier in the week.
We’ve made some improvements to our nest box camera this year and added sound. This camera is wired so we are hoping that we wont suffer any of the picture quality problems we had last year from our wireless camera.
The new camera is now in place and waiting for its 2012 family to take up residence and to star in our very own reality TV show.
In the pond the latest frog spawn has so far remained out of reach of our ravenous fishes. At times the frogs sit on the frog spawn appearing to be guarding it against any marauding fish.
The frog spawn might be fairly safe whist the water in the pond remains at it present level but should we have some rain and the water level rise then nature may have a different fate in store for it.
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It looks like they've got friends on guard duty with them. I noticed on the weather forecast that it's due to rain from tomorrow until after the weekend. I thought we were supposed to be having a fortnight of good weather.
ReplyDeleteI think after tomorrow the term for the weather is changeable. The Met Office don't seem to be forecasting too much rain here though. Best make the most of tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI have more of a question than a comment. Can my Dog catch anything from frogs/toads. I have found some toads on my plot and regularly take my four legged dog with me. Someone said to me to be careful. If so why?
ReplyDeleteHi Alan
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert when it comes to frogs and toads. As toads have poisonous glands to their skins dogs can become ill by licking or attempting to eat toads. This is a defence mechanism against predators who soon realise that toads are not good to eat. From cases I've read about on the Internet in the UK these are not normally fatal but will cause dogs to foam at the mouth and vomit. The symptoms then normally disappear over the course of a few hours. Frogs don't carry the same threat. In other countries some frogs are poisonous but not in the UK. I must admit my dog would be off to the vets if she started to foam at the mouth.