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Peter Vaughan Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 170  View other posts by Peter Vaughan |
Posted: 14 Mar 2010 Yesterday afternoon there were a large number of Common Frogs at a nearby pond here in north east Hampshire, and they had started spawning. They were also producing a fine chorus of croaking. Among them were some reddish individuals - with a couple quite bright red over much of their bodies. The photographs below don't fully capture the colour, but give an indication. Elsewhere I saw my first Common Lizard of the year out basking and an Adder, but no Grass Snakes as yet. However it is a couple of degrees C warmer today which might just tempt the Grass Snakes to appear (in previous years they have emerged in mid-March at my local sites). Peter
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ben rigsby Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 No. of posts: 337 View other posts by ben rigsby |
Posted: 27 Apr 2010 nice pix of our heroes. i had a red frog this year too. a female. also spotted a male smooth newt with its tail crest buckled and flattened a bit halfway down. seen him a couple of times. in his otherwise perfect breeding finery he looked like Beau Brummel with his cravat on wrong. swam about without any difficulty though. Diversity. |
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