Such a beautiful bright sunny morning as this one demands that I spend some time outdoors. A quick text finds a friend who concurs, and we walk a familiar route along the Salt Line, a former railway line converted into a trail.
The sunlight filtering through the leaf canopy picks out a tiny frog at risk of obliteration by the many walkers, cyclists and horse riders who use the trail and we rescue (frognap?!) the little thing, taking it down towards the nearby fishing pond.
As we approach, we disturb the heron who frequents the pond. It's a fantastic sight as he makes a languid take off and disappears over the trees. The little frog, who's been leaping about in my cupped hands whilst captive, basks in the sun for a while before leaping into the damp grass. I hope I did the right thing...
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