Sunday, March 08, 2020
There was a report of frogspawn in Assynt on 1st March; so today I went hunting along the usual ditch near Loch Craggie.
The first thing I noticed was a lot of what I thought were tiny rocks sticking up out of the water - they turned out to be frogs!
Fortunately I spotted them in time to snap a picture along the ditch through twigs and reeds. But when I went closer they disappeared. There were at least 25 here; and a small pool on the other side of the forestry road held at least nine more. The next time I visit, there should be frogspawn!
Birds however were hard to come by; it was irritatingly windy although relatively mild, and there was one prolonged shower of rain. The rather wistful song of an unseen mistle thrush was nice to hear, a crossbill and a wren were both heard but not seen, and an oystercatcher was back on its breeding territory.
// posted by Christine @ 11:22 AM 
