Diary: March 2003

I'm increasingly resigned to the fact that we've probably lost the frogs and goldfish that were in the new pond to a heron. The weather has been warm again today and I would have expected to see both frogs and fish. Clearly I'm going to have to look into ways of discouraging this lovely bird from visiting.

The old pond, which is a bit, too close to the house for the heron's comfort, has been very busy with spawning frogs all day and I moved about a third of a bucket of spawn up to the new pond.

Plenty of signs of new insect life in the garden today. I saw a number of bumble bees and my first wasps of the year - probably new queens looking for nest sites. I didn't manage to identify the wasps to species - I couldn't get close enough. The garden's first peacock of the year has just fluttered by the window as I sit at the computer.