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Suzy
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God it's a long time ago but was it Askham? If not I will have a look at a map. It was dunes, marram grass etc. as I recall.
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Paul Hudson
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Hi Suzy ,Where are the Lots?
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tim hamlett
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oh suz...you make it sound so romantic tim
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Suzy
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Are there still natterjacks on The Lots in Cumbria? I used to go to dances there in the 1960s - an old tin hut as I recall.
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ErikPaterson
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Sadly, I have never actually heard Natterjacks calling - not in person anyway, been to Caerlaverock NNR at the right time of year, but wrong time of day.
Nice one, yeah It's about 2 weeks earlier for myself too.
haha, thanks! I suppose it does, could barely look anywhere in this wee pool without there being a frog! Brilliant stuff to be honest.
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Noodles
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I love that second picture, it reminds me of the hallucinatory images the mind conjures when made to stare long and hard at the chop on a windy lake (or loch!). Crackin'
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lalchitri
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Two clumps yesterday, 1st March, in my garden pond.
3 more this morning. Roughly 2 weeks earlier than last year. |
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Dave1812
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The sound of frogs is nice, but I have to say the Natterjack much is better by far, and a lot louder!! Haveing said that I am biased towards the Natterjjack.
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ErikPaterson
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Yes, the last few years I had only ever seen some 30 Frogs present at any given time - lots of spawn (usually 2 large groupings approx 1m square + some extra clumps here & there) at this site over a few weeks, then there has typically been a c old snap and due to the shallow nature of the marshy pools - most of that spawn freezes, with any luck (touch wood!) there will be no cold snap this year and we'll have baby frogs galore in the Autumn! 100? That I'd like to see! Erik
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Shawit
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Frogs in my central Bristol garden spawned on 24th Feb. Numbers had decreased significantly during the Winter of 2010/2011 . This year there looks to be a bit more spawn ( approx. 12 clumps )compared to last year .Strangely, I've not been able to count more than 15 frogs in the pond in the last month. Work colleague estimated a minimum of 100 spawning frogs in the moat in front of the prairie dogs at the zoo!
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