is I fear what is happening in the Old Manse pond. Les frogs have not been listening to the BBC weather warnings about the coming cold snap. There are about 40 of them in the pond as I post, having it off in a variety of unlikely positions and having shot their load,as it were, are cruising around admiring the results. What is displayed here is only a small fraction of the sago effect which will prevail by lights out tonight. It is odd that the frogs are two weeks ahead of last year's lot. Lulled into false security by the very mild March Two of the Frogs are quite talented mimics and in one image you can see them giving their imitation of Hippopotamuses, which, although good, fools few Herons

BBC are claiming a very deep freeze come this Sunday. Not good news for the offspring if they get caught in the ice. And those that don't get frozen to death will fall prey to the diving beetles.

Tough being frog spawn nowadays.