Summer is almost with us by now! Really warm weather, and many wild flowers are leaping out to show their faces.
While removing a dead Cistus bush (it died in the December 2010 cold), a green Common Frog jumped out from the base. I caught him/her in my hands and took him/her to a damper part of the garden. Although definitely a Common Frog, this one was nearly green, well, sort of greenish-yellow-beige, but with the right shape and that dark patch by the eye. I have not seen one so nearly green before.
Your Forum
This forum has now been more or less replaced by the Club's Facebook page at 
The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more
The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more