Frogspawn

There used to be a small aggregate quarry on this site with a pond which was home to frogs and palmate newts but a few months ago the local estate used heavy machinery to remove industrial amounts of aggregate and, in the process, fill in the pond to form an area where they could accommodate workers in three caravans.

As we passed this morning a grey heron rose, drawing our attention to a small rivulet which, after recent rain, had formed on the site of the old pond; and on going to investigate we found.... 

....it filled with masses of frogspawn.

While we were thrilled to see Nature fighting back, and to see another of the mileposts of spring, we were also concerned that it's early for frogspawn in these northern climes as we are liable to hard frosts through February and well into March.

Only yesterday we were looking at the pond which has formed in our garden and discussing the chances of frogs making it across the adjacent building site to breed in it. Nothing has appeared yet, and we're resisting the temptation to move some of the estate frogspawn into it.