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Eeee, that were a grand wildflower verge walkabout. Lots of plant and invertebrate diversity there. I read that half of all our wildflowers are on grassy verges now that we've lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 40s (just looked that depressing stat up). Reminds me of the Covid time when the fields and verges grew wild and the polluting cars and planes pleasingly vanished for a while. That part of the lockdown I liked. Let's have no mow months if there's a Monkeypox lockdown soon! I had an idea what many of the plants were -- scabious, 2+ species of thistle family incl. knapweed, viper's bugloss, bedstraw, oxeye daisies, purple loosestrife, cow parsley and others? -- but I'm only sure of the obvious ones so I'll leave it at that (looking them up in guides is cheating). Ought to know what the bright red flower is and the small blue one looked like a cornflower to me but, given the location, likely isn't. Really ought to improve my wildflower knowledge! Bug-wise, there was a nice hoverfly on the umbellifer at c. 8:45, and the lovely Bumblebee at 7:45 is one of the Bombus species. By coincidence, I saw some ragwort like that at 9:00 in the local cemetery earlier today with toxic cinnabar moth caterpillars on it (black and orange banded). The field grasshopper at 10:15 looks like a common Chorthippus one, still good to watch though. Hope a keen gardener gives this a view and names those gorgeous plants. Cheerio.
Great video! So nice to see these little wild areas. I leave the seed heads on our knapweed and the finches eat them during the winter. Scabious is a fave of mine and I always leave some ragwort for the caterpillars. Was the butterfly an orange tip? Hope you enjoyed your camping trip, Yorkshire is so beautiful! My partner is from Pontefract. Best wishes.
@@SisterDogmata Thankyou hopefully the council don’t cut this down when everything stops flowering so the birds can eat some of the seeds too. Forgot to mention I filmed this in August so it’s not an orange tip I’m afraid im sure you will have a good idea what the butterfly is now 🐸💚🐸🌸🌼🌻🌷🌺
@@SisterDogmata Hi Sister. I froze the fast moving flier film and it's a white-winged butterfly with a dark body. Looks smaller than a Large White, plus the wings don't have black tips of a Large White. The other white species isn't found up north. Got to be a common Small White. If only ID-ing the plants was as easy!
@@PalaeoClive237 Thank you for the info, always happy to learn something new! A lot of the plants grow in my little wildlife area but they tend to be spoken of as the blue one or the tall yellow one. I really should learn their names. Best wishes.
In the wild or captivity? In the wild would be the location In captivity you would need to know the exact location off the breeder you get your tree frogs from 🐸💚🐸
Hello there. A bit late seeing this as I wasn't notified of it, and there's a new channel calling itself UK Amphibians just started (is that allowed?) The show of plants, particularly in flower, makes the pond. Such a contrast to the Winter video of the snowed-in pond. Your newt efts look as if they're about to lose their red gills and leave the pond. Are those Palmate Newt efts, as the Smooth Newt efts I've seen are a little less chunky -- and smaller if they're malnourished. I recall netting dozens of those efts in a shallow pond in the woods as a boy, all with enlarged heads and dark tails in response to the many dragonfly and beetle larvae in the pond. Hefty efts alright, and must be all of 4 cm. Given Nirmal's large dragonfly nymphs have recently climbed plant stems and metamorphosed hopefully what's left of his tadpoles/efts can survive now. Be watching your next one.
Hi Clive hope you’re ok I’ll have to have a look out for that channel now you’ve told me. All will be revealed in my later videos about the efts Thanks for staying loyal to the channel too 🐸💚🐸
@@UkAmphibians Hello again, mate. I've been wondering when your next video comes out and I see there's one tonight I'll be watching. Actually, Nirmal next door told me about your little channel. Pleased to see you're still pond watching. Cheers.
Your pond is looking amazing mate❤️🙂. So many nectar rich flowers. Lovely to see the Newts and Newt Efts all happy and active in your beautiful wildlife pond🙂. Seen lots of Red Damselflies about too and some Dragonflies😲. I recognise the Meadow Crane’s- bill flower. Hope you’re doing well. Take care🙂🐸.
Hi Nirmal the naturalist neighbour. I was thinking you'd tell the UK Amphibians chap about the several hawker dragonflies which emerged from large nymph pupae at your pond last week. Today, in the rain I was in the park and saw Great Crested Grebes (sadly not GC Newts) performing their mating dance -- a bit late in the year for lurve I'd have thought. See you around.
Really enjoying your videos. Since an early age I have been fascinated by our native amphibians (and reptiles). I have just built a wildlife pond around a month ago in the hope it may attract frogs etc. Pleased to say a newt has appeared already which was a pleasant surprise as have only ever seen one in our garden (it appeared randomly in a bucket of rainwater) Next step for me is to create a suitable habitat around the pond and your hibernaculum is a great inspiration. Thanks for making your videos. I for one really appreciate them. Still loads for me to watch. All the best Ray. 🙂👍
Lovely to see a video from you! The pond and surroundings are looking amazing, Everything has grown so big and spread so much. Is the orange flower fox and cubs? I'm not sure if the purple one is a geranium? Hope you're well and enjoyed the heatwave! I've had the dragon fly nymphs crawl out of the pond and hatch into dragon flies. Amazing to see. Best wishes.
@@SisterDogmata hi lovely to hear from you You sure know your plants I’m so happy for you with the dragon flys We haven’t seen any here yet. Hope you and the family are ok ?🐸💚🐸
@@UkAmphibians Hya all ok here I hope with you too! Nice it's a bit cooler, I bet your pond was overflowing with amphibians during the hot weather. What a great place to cool down!
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Lovely video mate !! ❤️🙂😃🐸. Great to see the Toad just arriving in your pond, so adorable it is😊. Very early😲. Very unpredictable the seasons are. My good neighbour Clive likes looking into my small wildlife pond when he gets the chance🙂. Hope you’re doing well and your family are well too🙂.
Hi again Nirmal, also my good neighbour. I popped into the park and found two more Grass Snakes under a log. It's been a bumper spring for them but I've still to find any eggs. No frogs or toads 🐸 seen today, apart from the toadie in this video. I disturbed a Common Shrew under another log and many Devil's Coach Horses and False Stag Beetles 🪲plus a metallic green Rose Chafer under other logs. Nice. That first dragonfly I mentioned seeing hunting at your pond was a Broad Bodied Chaser, the sky blue colour showing it was male. Hope you do without more evil predatory nymphs in there there this year! See you around.
Amazing to see the toad heading back to the pond so early in the year. I didn't know they came out of hibernation before spring. It will be lovely to see all the new flowers around the hibernaculum this year as well as the others already there. Great video! Hope you're all well!
Thankyou hope you and the family are well too ? I think it was down to the warmer weather that triggered the toads off to come out of hibernation they don’t normally come out till End of February and March time It was a weird one this year with the temperatures 🐸💚🐸
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A very simple video but one of the most impressive videos I have seen on frogs spawning. The amount of amphibians in that pond is amazing. I can only dream of my pond having that many.
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I just have to say that your channel is, for me anyway, the best and most informative one, also, reading the comments you always take the time to answer. Thanks for this great series.
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Great video mate !! Hope you and your family are all well🙂❤️😃. Amazed how much life still thrives over winter😲. Well done !! So happy that I’ve subscribed to your lovely RU-vid channel😃❤️🐸. Hope you enjoyed the New Year celebrations this January🎉🙂. Do you leave all the dead plant matter in your pond during winter or do you cut some of it back ? Usually I cut mine back, but I’m thinking to leave it as it is over winter this year🤔🙂. I’ve seen quite a few large Dragonfly Nymphs in my pond😲. They look larger than the Common Darter Nymphs😲. I’m guessing it’s a Southern Hawker🤔. All the best🙂.
Hello Nirmal the Naturalist. Not keen on those dragonfly larvae, especially as there are lots of them in there you won't spot - I'd be tempted to squash some to save the coming newt efts a horrible death. One of those things zoomed across last evening when I shone a torch in. Eek! Haven't seen many damselfly nymphs despite there always being more of those visiting in summer, just a couple of small ones. The tortoiseshell cat 😺was chewing on something by the pond earlier. Not a newt, frog🐸 or one of the wild mice 🐭living in the compost heap, I hope. Summer 🌞 is a coming in. Heard my first cuckoo today by the river in Esher, which is a good sign. Also, first slow worm 🪱spotted for a while, a long female I tried to catch on the common but she zoomed away too quickly. See you around, youngster.
Hello. I notice at around 7:50 there are some sticks to aid the amphibians climbing out of the pond. Looks like the inner wall of the pond is also fairly easy for them to climb up and into the hibernaculum. I remember once having to help many froglets who'd metamorphosed in a small steep-walled council park pond and were struggling to climb out as the water level was so low. Must've been like climbing the ice-wall in Game of Thrones for those guys!
Hi Clive hope your ok Yeah I leave sticks in for amphibians and other pond life to climb out of also some of the sticks are plants which still have seeds on them for birds over the winter like purple loosestrife 🐸💚🐸
Lovely video! I'm always amazed to see the life in your pond even in the middle of winter! Great tip about the water cress, I'll definitely be trying to grow some. Hope you have some sunshine there and enjoying the long weekend!
Hello my friend🙂, hope you’re doing well. Lovely video of your wildlife pond during the winter time❤️. Great to see the amphibian activity at night despite the cold. I’ve had a few late developing Toad Tadpoles over the years, that have survived harsh winters and then complete their metamorphosis as it warms up🙂. You’re so lucky to have lots of Newts about in your wildlife pond😃. Surprise to see the frogs there pretty early😲🐸🐸. Well done !!🙂.
Hi Nirmal. Any luck on your wildlife search in the Park? I'll be out looking for amphibians in your wildlife pond just after it gets dark if you want to say hello. See you.
@@UkAmphibians Hello again, mate. Yes, there are still Smooth Newts in there, just not as many as a few weeks ago. The females have finished egg-laying but one 'inflated' one I saw has a water retention problem. Tends to rectify itself in most cases. A couple of frogs in the pond still and I saw one by torchlight eating a worm with some effort. In case he doesn't get your notification, Nirmal told me he'd been lucky on his wildlife search in Bushy Park yesterday, finding another large Grass Snake (showed me images of the attractive specimen on his phone. Adult male most likely).
@CliveofEngland hi Clive thanks for replying sounds good that normal has found a grass snake too tell him to send me some pics on facebook be nice to see them 🐸💚🐸
Even in December there's amphibian activity in ponds if it stays mild enough. There are still invertebrates in the pond to forage for. As a kid, my favourite pond was in the woods at Oxshott near Esher and in summer this quite shallow pond was teeming with newts, efts and many invertebrate predators. In winter visits I'd net for newts and there'd be some still active in the cool water, including some paedomorphic efts which were the size of adults but kept the red gills - like a bunch of small axolotls. If you expect freezing weather leading to icing of your pond, do you use the old trick of placing tennis balls on the water to provide easy holes for aerating the water? Don't want the 🐸hibernating in the pond to run out of oxygen or suffer from harmful gasses building up under a long-term iced pond. My Spanish Ribbed Newt survived two winters in the back garden pond quite well, even during a cold winter where the water iced over - growing to an impressive 10 inches and chunky with it. Although he took many amphibian tadpoles he was especially partial to earthworms I dropped to the pond bottom.
Hi Clive no I don’t bother with tennis balls in the pond they do fine if I just leave it iced over. I used to try the old trick with a pan of hot water and stand it in the ice but it soon freezes back over if it’s cold enough 🐸💚🐸
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Amazing to see so much happening in your pond at such an early time of year! I can imagine all the amphibians snug as a bug in your hibernaculum! What a wonderful place to spend the winter, and a lovely pond to breed in come springtime. Great video, so nice to know the amphibians are fine in a frozen pond and no need to try and melt the ice. Hope you have a great weekend and get a break in the weather. Lovely time of year to be outdoors.
Thankyou yes best way is to let nature take its course and not interfere with it so many people try breaking the ice but the problem with that it send shockwaves through the water which can make more harm than good. You have a lovely weekend and thanks so much for your support once again 🐸💚🐸
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Wow! Word must have got around in the amphibian world about your hibernaculum! Hope she finds a mate to breed with in the pond. You should be very proud attracting such a wonderful creature into your garden! Great video and I hope you had some of this lovely weather up there this weekend!
Thankyou it warmed up slightly yesterday and the sun came up yes was so excited when I found the great crested newt. How are you and the family all ok I hope ? 🐸💚🐸
@@UkAmphibians All ok thank you! It's sad that so much of the great crested newts habitat has disappeared so extra special she found your garden. More rain today here, nice weather for amphibians though!
Finally taking some time out to carry on watching your brilliant videos. A GCN!! If anyone deserves it, you do. Fantastic video, really enjoying this. Best wishes, Joel
Thankyou Joel really glad you like Our videos and really appreciate the comment. I’m hoping to spot some More this year you never know whats around the corner on our videos we have some more brilliant suprises this year on our channel to come 🐸💚🐸
@@UkAmphibians I know how hard it is to keep finding entertaining content and the effort involved in these videos, but if anyone has content every day of the year it's you - it's just collating it all! But keep up the great work, you're educating a lot of people ☺🐸
