pb wrote in
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Last night I spotted the first lot of frogspawn in my pond. I don't
recall any as early as this before.

Ours arrived just over a week ago, in a small
pond (1'*3'*18") near Bristol. If you walk
quietly but fast past the pond, the surface
"explodes" when the frogs spot you.

Doesn't half wake you up when you are half-awake
making the bleary-eyed walk to let the chickens out.