RAUK's a Herp a day!

Yes, they are Will - especially down on The Lizard peninsula i hear.

Frog spawn found just north of Tiverton was posted on ISPOT last week too.

...looks like a bit of Lissotritonian hanky-panky there Suz! first Ben's frogs and now the newts. Won't be long before we get some action in the southeast, perhaps.

Great palmate breeding behaviour shot Suz1 and good to hear the local updates folks.
A bit slow here too; mostly just male frogs waiting patiently but i was greeted by this by the back door last night:



And tonight a very red-bellied female getting some attention:



Elsewhere i came across this red spawn which, owing to the cool climate, i think probably isn't caused by an algal bloom but maybe iron oxide??



It seemed ok though and had reached 'comma' stage.

Liz is that a rare four eyed frog

Will surely win the prize for the 'Worst Photo' but there is a point to it - no frogs for the last few nights as it was chilly, started to rain last night and the pond is starting to fill up nicely with little dots of light!