Lydia Vvinters on Nostr: It pays to stalk the garden with a flashlight in the evening to check what nocturnal ...

It pays to stalk the garden with a flashlight in the evening to check what nocturnal animals have moved in. Turns out my redesigned teeny tiny frog pond has its first inhabitant! A little male smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris). Not a frog, but I’m delighted the small scale habitat project is proving to be attractive. Isn’t he cute? I shall call him Burt.

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