Wetland Series
Many different habitats can be considered to be wetlands. These include ponds, marshes, swamps and bogs. Thanks to the variety of plants and animals present in wetlands, these can be highly productive environments.
Wetlands fill an important role in our environment as filters of pollution, homes for waterfowl and flood and erosion controls. Unfortunately many people consider wetlands to be wastelands and many are filled in or drained. This series will take you to a variety of wetlands around the Carden area.
Frog Heaven
I was wandering the roads of Carden in mid May in 2014 scouting out locations that would provide us with new species which could be added to our list during the Carden Challenge which was to take place later in the month. This was going to be our third year competing in the Biodiversity category of this 24 hour birding marathon. That meant that not only were we looking for as many bird species as possible, we also wanted as many mammal, ode, butterfly and herptile species. I was thrilled when I came to this intersection and heard the frog chorus which consisted of at least three different species of frog. Turns out we managed to get all our frog species elsewhere and never did make it back to this wetland but what a place for a cache.