After a dry period of several months the three small ponds on the Nature Reserve filled up
during the first week of January, and are now frozen over. They are ephemeral, filled only
for part of the year, and it will be interesting to see how long they persist this year. Before
the cold snap the first shoots of Wild Garlic were pushing through along the river bank,
as well as a few pink brush-like flowers of Butterbur.