Its certainly been a bit of both in Leicestershire recently and today was quite difficult to put into a Spring/Winter category as it was undoubtedly a bit of both. Take my trip down to Jubilee Park for example this afternoon:
- Freezing cold, winter?
- Chiffchaff singing, spring?
-Two Goosanders on the Sence, winter?
-Two Oystercatchers near the gravel test pool, spring?
-40ish Wigeon grazing in the fields, winter?
-Berk in a kayak that flushed my Goosander, spring?
Endlessly confusing.
One good thing about all this warm(ish) weather recently is the frogs kicking into life in the garden pond. Last weekend (when the two photos below were taken) the temperature was much milder and the pond was a hive of activity with about 30 frogs jostling for a spot to lay their eggs:
But all this recent frog activity has also brought in a couple of opportunists;
