Newts are on the move making their way back to ponds, spotted this one at the Bottom End and moved it to safety near to the pond.
It looks like a male common newt or Smooth newt they are nocturnal and spend the day under logs large stones and in compost heaps, they stay in the ponds till late July adult newts shed their skin once a week.
Crocus in flower on Bobs plot we need more plot holders planting early flowers for insects coming out on warm winter days to feed on pollen and nectar.
Snowdrops another good pollen plant
Something more unusual a winter flowering honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima very fragrant a good bee plant also on Bobs plot.
