Newts in winter
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:31 am
Was cleaning some dead leaves out of my minpond today when I came across a torpid newt mixed up in the weed. This surprised me. It's the first one I've ever spotted in there in winter. I thought they usually left the water late autumn to hibernate in dry ground.
Having said that I suppose it won,t be too long before we start receiving the first reports of early frogspawn. Today's sunshine, despite the bitter wind, has bought out two early bumblebees buzzing around some heather. Not much food around for them yet at this time of year
Having said that I suppose it won,t be too long before we start receiving the first reports of early frogspawn. Today's sunshine, despite the bitter wind, has bought out two early bumblebees buzzing around some heather. Not much food around for them yet at this time of year