Now these tadpoles... we have been waiting months for something to happen to them.
They turned from frog spawn into tadpoles easily enough (I never blogged it because I was waiting for something more exciting to happen, though the kids and I were pretty excited at seeing their wee tales appear); they survived snow cocooning them in their tiny washing up basin pond and freezing temperatures causing the water to ice-up; they even survived the month of heavy rain which meant their pond overflowed without us realising and a whole bunch of them were beached.
Turns out they are not surviving the pesky crows that seem to spend their days on our roof. Twice the Don has caught a crow pecking at the water, even lifting off the temporary cardboard box we'd placed over the basin as a cover, which maybe explains their fast dwindling number. Perhaps it's time to release them back into the ditch so they can at least have a shot at a full life!
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| Okay so this picture doesn't actually show you much, but I think when we had more in clearer fresher water I only ever MPd about them! |
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Always!
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