Sunday, 29 June 2025

Should have stayed in the garden!

On Sunday 29th June, in the early evening, the sun came out and a pristine Red Admiral showed really well and posed beautifully for the camera near the wildlife pond and I was pleased with my shots of the Red Admiral. Large White and Small White seen too. Leon from next door came around with another of my Frogs in his bucket (he has already been around with 6 + 3 + 3), I thanked him and put the Frog near the wildlife pond, it hopped out onto the grass and it also posed nicely but briefly for a few pics! Very pleased to get these precious Frogs back, as they all originate from the Frogspawn Ricky bought over all those years ago and have great sentimental value for me. I also like a healthy Frog population in the garden as they keep down the Slugs and Snails and 2 are currently in the runner bean patch doing a sterling job. I also want to spread some of the Frog spawn (I hope to have next March) over to Rob H's garden, to spread the gene pool and have 2 healthy populations. At the same time in the Fish pond were 4 adult Frogs, as well asat least one in the wildlife pond. Meanwhile, the monster Southern Marsh Orchid , old faithful and 3/4 metre high (!) was in flower as were 2 other Southern Marshes in the back garden with 1 left to flower.

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