2nd: Frogspawn!!
Mega excited - first frogspawn of the year - and in a pond that this time last year didn't exist!
This is Chaser Pond, named after the Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly who were the first dragonflies to find it, and who we watched laying copious amounts of eggs in the summer.
There look to be a good dozen clumps here, laid in the shallows just beyond the logs.
There should be plenty of food for the resulting tadpoles and in turn, many will provide food for all those dragonfly larva and others.
Fingers crossed for a balanced eco-system here.
As spring turns into summer this pond should be thriving. We expect our heron will visit more often and fingers crossed, even our kingfisher. (There is a perching area further along)
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