Monday, 6 April 2015

Toad Chorus

This post was originally going to be a bit on the cute side.  With it being Easter weekend I thought I would post some pictures of baby rabbits in the garden (a little on the nose I admit but there were a couple of good pictures).  I was working on the photos on the computer this morning when I heard an awful squealing noise.  I looked out of the window to see one of the local cats (the same cat that took out a grey squirrel a month or so ago) trotting off with said cute bunny in it's jaws.

I didn't really have the heart to carry on working on the photos after that.

With it being a splendidly sunny and warm Bank Holiday Monday we opted to go for a walk and headed to Idle Valley.  I thought I would get some snaps from different locations around the reserve.
We also found dozens if not hundreds of toads (I did originally think they were frogs but checking on-line toads have a more "warty " skin and golden eyes and they seemed to fit the bill) filling the numerous ponds around the reserve.

Breeding season it seemed was in full swing.

























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