What is that noise?

Since we've been in the new house we've been serenaded in the evenings with a loud noise which we thought were from some sort of wildfowl. It is really loud and sounds to be way down in the valley but reverberates around the whole house and is obviously being made by lots and lots of whatever "wildfowl" is making the noise.

Well today we solved the mystery. Hubby likes to fish, keen on both match fishing and carp fishing and had decided he wanted to go and look at a fishing complex about 12km away. It was a lovely day, even though there was a light breeze and as his French is limited I went with him to help out. As it was I wasn't needed as the lady in the information centre at Pescalis spoke English far better than I speak French. She told us all about the fishing complex and said we would be welcome to go for a walk round the lake. It appears to be a very well run and managed set of fishing lakes, although a little expensive to fish!

Anyway we came out of the information place and lo and behold we heard the sound we have been hearing at home every night. And is it wildfowl? Nope! Is it birdlife of any kind? Nope! It's frogs!! Marsh frogs to be precise. My god are they loud and noisy!!

I've never heard anything quite like it! And they're only small too!

There's a wide variety of flora and fauna around us and over the next few weeks I'll try to introduce you to them.

But next time I'm going to talk rubbish... I know I usually talk rubbish but in this case I'm going to be talking about dustbins, household tips and recycling!