Welcome
once again to mini blog post no. 2! This one will probably be shorter than the
previous post (Haha, who am I kidding!), but it's just to highlight what can go
on in the garden when you least expect it. After stumbling around with the newt
last time, I was most surprised to find what was swimming around in a bucket
the same week.
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| Froggy of Frog Hall |
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| He's so tiny! |
The day after a
particularly rainy Saturday, I was out in the garden collecting up all the
rainwater that had filled the various buckets and gardening tubs we have
scattered around the garden.
In one of them I
spotted this little dude swimming around and having a jolly good time! Of
course in the first couple of seconds I thought: "Poor little thing, he's
drowning!"
In the
next second I remembered that frogs are aquatic and tend to get on well with a
drop of water!
Naturally he'd
drown eventually as the water level was a good two inches below the lip of the
tub. So I provided him with a leg-up to allow him to have a breather.
It then occurred to
me that he’d make an excellent addition to the blog and off I went to grab the
camera and snap a few photos. It was only when I reappeared and looked again
that I noticed he’d hauled himself up onto the makeshift ‘rock’.
Again I’ve no
idea if said froglette was a girl or a boy but going by the markings on his
head I reckon it was a boy. By the way I’m not sure what you call a baby frog
(and no it’s not a tadpole!), but we’ve seen a few of them up Wimpole in Folly
Field and Paul calls them froglette’s so that’s good enough for me!
However if you
do know what a baby frog is called feel free to comment and enlighten us. I’ve
never seen a baby frog before until this year, now I’ve seen quite a few. It’s
amazing to see how tiny they are when the frogs first set out! Oh and in case
you’re wondering, it’s not a toad. Not warty enough.
I was especially fascinated by the webbing
you could see between its toes, amazing stuff.
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| Ribbit! |
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