We have frogspawn in our pond today (Sat 27th) too (near Llanrhystud), plus 10 mating frogs.
On a different topic, we went to look at the submerged forest at Borth at low tide today and noticed that there were a large number of dead and sluggish crabs (both edible and masked) on the sand and in the pools around the tree stumps, plus a number of small dead fish (mostly flatfish) washed up near the stumps. Also quite a few shellfish, shells open but still with the contents intact, in the pools. They only seemed to be present on the stretch of beach near the forest, so is this phenomenon somehow associated with the submerged forest, or with the very low tide? If anyone can suggest an answer I would be interested to know more.
One Little egret and one curlew on the Borth side of the railway bridge at the Leri, no scaup though. A peregrine seen over the fields between the Leri and Ynyslas, plus about 60 curlew.
We also found a ladies wristwatch on a footpath between the boatyard and the Ynyslas road, so if anyone has lost it, please get in touch.
Aline Denton