Well, it looks like that was the rain.
We have been enjoying a few days of very welcome rain but, if the forecasters are right, that has now come to an end.
One of the things that the recent rain has high-lighted for me is the destruction there has been of the established routes that were used by our native wild life.
Last night, on my home from walking the dogs, I came across a very large toad that had managed to survive crossing a main road from the campo only to find its way blocked by a wall that was built within the last nine months.
Rather than see the poor animal get more distressed as it failed to find a way past the wall, I picked it up and took it to an area where there was plenty of water and access to the part of the campo it had, presumably, been trying to reach. Nothing particularly remarkable in that, you might say BUT . . .
carrying that toad made me aware that I had not heard any of the usual frog/toad choruses that were normal for this area. Last year it was a great pleasure to listen to the variety of squeaks and croaks but this year I haven’t heard any at all.
What a pity we are not only destroying our own environment by concreting over huge swathes of open land, we are also destroying the flora and fauna that makes Spain such a rich and varied biosphere by ignoring both their existence and their needs.
We are building a very grey future for coming generations.
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