{"id":952,"date":"2015-08-23T22:24:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T21:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/?p=952"},"modified":"2015-08-23T22:29:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T21:29:44","slug":"frog-toad-and-newt-pictures-sitting-on-our-step-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/frog-toad-and-newt-pictures-sitting-on-our-step-august-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Frog, Toad and Newt Pictures &#8211; sitting on our step August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is late August 2015, and we have had a lot of amphibians, toads, frogs and newts in various sizes around our small back yard recently in Rainow near Macclesfield, I think there have always been small frogs and toads, but I&#8217;ve never seen so many and I&#8217;ve also noticed a young newt (eft), the following pictures were taken around 20 to 22-08-15. The area is very damp, the house is on the side of a hill right on the edge of the moors, so we seem to get a lot of wildlife in the area.<br \/>\nThere is an area of wooden decking on our small yard and they seem to like to sit against the dry stone wall under the decking, they also seem to like sitting on the stone doorstep, possibly to help regulate their body temperatures when it&#8217;s either warm or very cold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Baby-newt-eft-on-yard-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Baby-newt-eft-on-yard-2.png\" alt=\"Baby newt (eft) on yard 2\" width=\"892\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Baby-newt-eft-on-yard-2.png 892w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Baby-newt-eft-on-yard-2-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Baby-newt-eft-on-yard-2-624x290.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The above seems to\u00a0be a young newt (eft),\u00a0it likes sitting on the stone step .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-and-baby-newt-sitting-side-by-side-on-step.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-and-baby-newt-sitting-side-by-side-on-step.png\" alt=\"Small frog and baby newt sitting side by side on step\" width=\"537\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-and-baby-newt-sitting-side-by-side-on-step.png 537w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-and-baby-newt-sitting-side-by-side-on-step-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Small toad and eft sitting side by side on the step (blurry).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-brush.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-brush.png\" alt=\"Small frog sitting on brush\" width=\"396\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-brush.png 396w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-brush-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A small frog (we have a lot of them) sitting on the yard brush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-yard-drain-cover-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-yard-drain-cover-1.png\" alt=\"Small frog sitting on yard drain cover 1\" width=\"590\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-yard-drain-cover-1.png 590w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-frog-sitting-on-yard-drain-cover-1-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another small frog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-newt-eft-sitting-on-step.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-newt-eft-sitting-on-step.png\" alt=\"Small newt (eft) sitting on step\" width=\"383\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-newt-eft-sitting-on-step.png 383w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-newt-eft-sitting-on-step-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The young newt on the stone step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-toad-sitting-on-step.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-toad-sitting-on-step.png\" alt=\"Small toad sitting on step\" width=\"359\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-toad-sitting-on-step.png 359w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Small-toad-sitting-on-step-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blurry picture of a mid-sized toad sitting on the stone step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-2.png\" alt=\"Very small toad sitting on step 2\" width=\"279\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A smaller toad right by the door, this one is smaller than the one above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-3.png\" alt=\"Very small toad sitting on step 3\" width=\"898\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-3.png 898w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-3-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Very-small-toad-sitting-on-step-3-624x438.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a larger toad who has been around over August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is late August 2015, and we have had a lot of amphibians, toads, frogs and newts in various sizes around our small back yard recently in Rainow near Macclesfield, I think there have always been small frogs and toads, but I&#8217;ve never seen so many and I&#8217;ve also noticed a young newt (eft), the 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