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I've just checked the Nature's Calendar website again to see how our amphibian friends are getting on around the UK. Looks like a few more have spawned already in south west England and south west Wales, Still one lone report from Northern Ireland as well! It would be interesting to track...

Hi Sid Welcome to the forum, I hope you don't mind but i have added a title and removed your email address from the post, spammers can harvest these so best not to post them on open forums. I would recommend speaking with either Natural England or the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust...

Hopefully if we do get a harsh spell it won't catch too many amphibians out, although the mild winter is likely to encourage early spawning. If you do spy some early spawn, report it via the Natures Calendar site linked here . Just had a look at this yeards records for frog spawn and there are...

Here are a few suggestions, tips and hints for things to do and see during August; Go wader watching, many migrant waders are turning up around inland and coastal wetland sites giving a good chance to brush up on your identification skills. Our wetland reserves are great places for this, have a...

The benefits to wildlife from adding a water feature to the garden are huge. For birds, they gain a place to drink and bathe, the insect life that a pond can bring in will also help keep your feathered friends well fed, as well as being of great interest in their own right. You may also attract frogs...

Hi, I have a small lake (4 acres and 30 feet deep) surrounded by a trees, reeds and marsh ground but it contains very little bird life. Are there any conservation practices that i could carry out to increase the number of birds here (i.e waders and water fowl? Thanks.

Hope its okay but I put a question in the ID section about this..but thought maybe I should also post here...as it's specifically about water wildlife here. It's a 'stick' that appeared in my pond about a fortnight ago. It looks to me like it might be a snorkel for a pond insect because...

Hopefully it will be ok but we generally don't recommend doing pond maintenance in late winter/early spring as it can be quite disruptive and dangerous for any hibernating amphibians. The best time for such work is the late summer autumn months. You might be interested in the FAQ section on the...

Our new look (7): we looked back to the aerial photos taken when the reserve was created in the early 1990s to work out where our ponds were supposed to be, and we've also created some new ones to improve drainage of the footpaths. These will be temporary ponds, which some plants especially like...

Hi Esbod I have moved your question into the water features section of the forum, worth looking through the other threads in here as you should find some useful hints! It is a good idea to have an area of the pond that is deep to provide a refuge for any hibernating amphibians. Persevering with...

Thought you might be interested in this bit of information on the Froglife website They should be fine and if they survive the winter they should develop into frogs next year!

Feeding the ducks on the Lagan... besides white bread, what else is there? Kerplunk! So the ducks don’t start a feeding frenzy the minute your toddler’s chunk of five day old sliced pan hits the water? It doesn’t mean they’re picky/overfed/ungrateful. Could be they’re...