Originally Posted by
spudfan
We have not had the high temperatures that the U.K. has experienced. I have just checked on line and the forecast given for the next week gives a brief high temperature of 11 degrees centigade. Most is forecast in single figures.
Today while out on the hills I had a hailstone shower so no heatwave here yet. One unusual thing I did notice was this little oddity. While down by a lake I noticed a massive amount of from spawn. It would have easily been over 20 square foot in area. Though this was close to the lake it was away from the lake on a slight slope down to the lake.
The old lore over here is that if you see frog spawn in pools of water you can expect a dry warm spell of weather thus the frogs anticipate this and place the frog spawn in pools. With today's sighting of the mass of frog spawn on the ground outside of the lake and above the flood level of the lake, which drains out underground at the other end, I can only surmise that the frogs do not anticipate a warm, dry spell any time soon. Nature usually has the inside track on these things............
Plants and animals can get it wrong. I believe some plants were flowering early there according to the BBC due to the warm weather, but there are no pollinating animals around, so they won't set fruit.
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