Well today is officially the first day of spring. I looked in the pond this evening and saw not just one but two smooth newts. From now on i will be watching it with a torch every night. Maybe not but perhaps Nicole will, she ran like a hare to have a look when i told her.
More importantly we saw two frogs SHAGGING! Which is early, i reckon. It's not worthy to note on the Springwatch website, but watch this space.
What this really highlights is the urgent need to get the PondCam (tm?) working. We tried it out this week and it leaked like a sieve, and there is still a lot to do...
Will try to get some still pictures of newts! With a torch and a camera. Well, it might work...