Where is the frogspawn this year. The picture above is of what we call the splash field, it’s a field next to one of our ponds. The water is shallow no more than a foot in most places and usually has a lot of frogspawn in it by now. But there is none. There could be a number of reasons but we think it’s probably ranavirus as the lack of frogspawn is not just here. There is lots of information on the internet about ranavirus and what you can do to help, one thing is don’t take or disturb frogspawn as you can spread the virus that way.

In the picture you can also see the new pylons coming from Hinckly Point power station. Most people seem to prefer the old type.