a new visitor/alien
By steve
13 comments
we had to chop down an old cherry tree and decided to cut up the trunk into logs and make a ‘wildlife’ area .
we also added a pot , turned on it’s side , and filled with water.a few days later i noticed something under the log pile and took this close up…….
hopefully this will keep the slug and snail population down , any ideas what this is, a toad or frog?
we also moved the bird feeders away from the nest boxes on the wall and this year we had a pair of blue tits raise a family which fledged a couple of bays ago.the bird feeders have attracted the goldfinches back but as yet unable to get a photo of them feeding.
6 Jun, 2009
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If you kiss it, and it turns into a Prince....there's your answer Steve! Lol
PS. Lovely garden by the way...
6 Jun, 2009
thats a beautiful big fat toad
lovely pics
x x x
6 Jun, 2009
He's a big boy!! - I think this is a Common Toad as he has Orange eyes.
6 Jun, 2009
He looks like an Australian Bull frog, yikes!!nice garden.
6 Jun, 2009
definitely a common toad. what a lovely friend to find in the garden.
6 Jun, 2009
brilliant Steve, didnt take him long to move in
6 Jun, 2009
Definitely a toad. Yuk! Soooooooo ugly, lol.
6 Jun, 2009
He is a toad for sure, toads tend to have dry looking skin whereas frogs are wet looking, you are very lucky to have such a precious creature in your garden.
6 Jun, 2009
It's Mr Toad!
Or maybe Jabba the Hut?
Very nice blog.
6 Jun, 2009
Hope he's as hungry as his size would suggest! Send him to me when he's cleared your garden of slugs - I have 4" long slugs that would keep this lad happy!
7 Jun, 2009
Oh he's a great addition to any garden...bye bye slugs!!!
7 Jun, 2009
it does look like jabba the hut, but i'm very pleased to know it's a common toad.no idea where he came from but hopefully he/she ? will stay , hence the water feature.
7 Jun, 2009
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Thats smashing Steve and you will probably find they will keep coming back each year,as regards your new friend in log pile Frogs are smooth and Toads have a lumpy skin bit like warts.( hope I have that right way round) lol.
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