Mother's Day Walk

[G1ZmO]

Again we took a wee walk down our local glen for a breath of air and change of scenery from the house.

Daniel took most of the photos

Below is the remnants of an old bridge from the early 1800s when iron-ore was mined from the sides of this gorge.

Mel was happier than she looks here

Some evidence of iron deposits in the gorge

Are these frog/toad eggs? They were on the hillside at least 15m up a steep slope from the river.

 

[Madriverrob]

Looks lovely mate , these times are showing us the true value of being outdoors

 

[saxonaxe]

Toad spawn is usually in long 'strings' like long jelly strips with the eggs spaced along them...but..that in the photo is on wet Sphagnum Moss so the spawn could have slipped into a 'Blob' for want of a better word.
Frogs lay in a 'blob' rather like the 'photo.


Bird is a Grey Wagtail possibly? (anyone?) They like the water and if it's a male he won't have his black summer throat yet.

That Glen looks like a very nice place to escape to..

 

[G1ZmO]

Thanks. There were several blobs of spawn on the moss. I thought that frogs spawned in still water but there's not much around there and the river has been pretty full for the past few months so maybe that influenced their decision to spawn higher up. (wonders if frogs are capable of making decisions of this nature)
Cheers

 

[Madriverrob]

There’s a video on YouTube by Dave Canterbury suggesting you can eat it in a survival situation ! Let me know what it tastes like

 

[G1ZmO]

Yep, I watched that earlier. Won't be trying that unless I HAVE to! heh