Hakeford Woods Forest School Blog: Frogspawn, nestboxes and muddy feet

Just back from a great family visit to Hakeford Woods today. We're looking after a lovely dog for some friends this week, so we knew that she'd enjoy the space and smells, but we also had some important business to attend to.
Our youngest son Louis had been fascinated by the frogspawn at Arlington Court yesterday and we promised him that we would get some so he can watch the tadpoles growing at home. I'd spotted some last time I visited, so we collected a bit of it and have made it clear that the baby frogs will go back when they've grown.
I've recently been building some nestboxes and as it's nestbox week I thought I'd better get them finished and put up. I put the 5 boxes up in trees around the riverside meadow, need to make some more to put around the rest of the site now! I'd also like to build a barn owl box as there's a perfectly positioned oak overlooking the first meadow.
We all had a great walk, saw loads of buzzards flying overhead, nearly lost the dog and Ezra our eldest son ended up with a muddy foot after his welly stayed in the mud when he kept walking! Need to get some more wood for nestboxes now, oh and get my handbook finished!