I love going again to the identical riverside path on the fringe of the town. It’s so acquainted, however due to nature no go to is ever the identical. I took my first outside steps right here beside pink flowers with seeds you’ll be able to pop, visited the geese on a snowy Christmas morning and walked my good friend’s canine via a meadow with cows.
However one spring afternoon this yr was probably the most wonderful but. I’ve by no means seen or heard something so spectacular in nature. I was strolling with my dad once I noticed a frog hop throughout the muddy path. We then crossed a bridge to the opposite facet of the river. There was a droning noise. At first I assumed this was coming from planes overhead.
However we regarded down into the river and noticed a whole bunch, possibly even hundreds, of frogs. Round them there have been plenty of frogspawn. If I used to be to the touch it, I feel it will have the same texture to jelly. The inexperienced creatures appeared to be having an annual ceremony. I feel they selected this spot because it’s a really nonetheless a part of the river, sheltered by tall, thick timber. We additionally noticed a lot of several types of geese.
I’m very pleased to see this because it exhibits the river is prospering with wildlife, that is nice information for the atmosphere in my native space. I’m going to return to the river quickly to see how the frogspawn is getting on.
Anna, 12
Learn as we speak’s different YCD piece, by Alexandra, eight: ‘A wonderful day for flower-spotting and foraging’
