Easter

Your fox sound very tame Is that the first time you have seen it?

All slugs and snails should be called Houdini! That's a lot of newts - your pond must be ideal for them.

Pleased you,ve had a good weekend its a good idea saving tadpoles and they should be fine at least they stand a better chance away from the newts Its never occurred to me to put snails in the bin in a bag and must admit I,ve had to smile at that thought.........

Glad to hear you enjoyed your weekend. Your garden pond must be an ideal location for you to have so many tadpoles, newts and frogs. How lovely to have such wildlife.

How lovely to have the wildlife in your garden......

Donnah, It's the first time that i've ever seen a fox so close, I've seen them in the distance, this one looked old. My neighbours have told me that there is a fox, I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not.

Wagger, I looked this morning and they were still in the bag, They have 2 weeks to escape.

Lincslass, what should i feed the tadpoles on, I have some fish food, I wonder if they'll eat that. ????

Gilli, I love going out with the torch and looking around the garden, I'm still hoping to find some slow worms.

Hollyeves, Thank you, as much as i like to see birds see prey ..... I would rather that they didn't visit, for the sake of the smaller birds.

Gail xxx

Hi Gail...lucky you to have newts and well done for rescuing the tadpoles.They will eat a little mince [fresh] or bit of cat/dog food !Hope this helps.....

Thank you Bonkersbon, I would never have thought of cat/dog food or even mince, I will get some tomorrow, I have heard that when they start turning into frogs (getting their legs) that they will eat live bloodworm, have you heard of that???

Gail x

Yes Gail...had heard that too.They are lucky tadpoles to have you looking after them !x

By the way...just looked in my book and apparently give meat or fish flakes only when legs develop..until then boiled shredded lettuce...sounds yukky,but they love it !

mmmmmm does sound yukky, but i'll get some today and try it, I'd love them to survive.
Thanks for the information, Gail x

Got some, boiled it, let it go cold then put it in with the tadpoles, It doesn't smell, I only did a small amoun, will just have to wait and see, They'd better survive, the price of lettuce is silly.

Gail x

The foxes do seem to be about most of the day now don't they. I quite often see one crossing the fields when I go for a ride on my bike. Also, at Easter I was walking our dog(Paddy) past the local allotments and Paddy started fussing. When I looked, there was a Fox sitting in the longish grass, watching us at about 9.30am.