Devon SSSI nature reserve and eco lodges - Maggie's Blog
11 June
Hundreds of froglets and a common blue butterfly...
Now it's maturing - albeit slowly. There are dragonflies everywhere, particularly broad bodied chasers at the moment. And a common blue butterlfy has been fluttering amongst the finer grasses now well-established on the broad pathway around the pond.
The tadpoles have had to be returned to the pond - they were about to escape and go exploring the kitchen, having got their front as well as their back legs. But when we got down there we found the ground literally swarming with much more mature froglets. You could hardly put your foot down without treading or two or three. They were in every damp nook and cranny - a real population explosion. I guess that now the carp have gone the tadpoles have a better chance. We didn't see this last year, but the re-shaped pond was rather young then.
