The frost and snow seen in recent weeks is delaying some animals from "getting going" this spring.
Nature guru for Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, Graham Workman said: "Frogs, toads and newts would normally be breeding by now, but everything's slowed down."

Witch watch
Wigan Area Society for Paranormal Study and Investigation's latest talk is magic.
This month WasPsi picks up a topic of enduring intrigue and wonder – the history of British witchcraft.
Speaker and broadcaster Peter Watson will go back through the centuries to reveal who were the victims, perpetrators, heroes and villains.
Everyone is welcome to join the group at The Orwell, Wigan Pier, Wigan on Wednesday, April 16. The event starts at 7.45pm and entrance is £3.

Multi-racial sheep
A Welsh language channel is to collaborate with Al Jazeera to produce a new series about an extended family of "all-singing, all-dancing, multi-racial sheep''.
S4C and Cynhyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations will team up with the children's channel of the Arabic language broadcaster to produce a high-definition second series of Baaas. The three companies will produce a new series of the pre-school show after the first series was sold to Al Jazeera in 2006.
Baaas is expected to be shown under the title of Meees on S4C in the autumn.

2p bill
An elderly couple were shocked to receive a 13-year-old council tax bill – for 2p.
Peggy and William Everson, from Kettering, who moved from nearby Wellingborough 13 years ago, got the bill correcting the amount they owed Wellingborough Council for the tax year of 1994/95.
Mrs Everson, 73, tried to pay the bill, but the council says it will not be taking the matter further.

Ketchup ban
Youths in a coastal town have been banned from buying squirty bottles of ketchup to help cut anti-social behaviour.
Police urged supermarkets in Caister, Norfolk, to ban the sales after receiving complaints about sauce being sprayed over homes and cars.
Sgt Andy Brown, of Norfolk Police, said: "I know it sounds a bit daft, but it has made a difference because we've had no more reported incidents since the supermarkets came on board.''

Kung fu flush
The simple life of monks at China's famed Shaolin Temple got an upgrade with the installation of luxury toilets costing more than £200,000. Established about 1,500 years ago, the temple, in central China's Henan province, is famous for combining martial arts with Buddhism and is a popular tourist attraction. The most lavish of the new facilities measures more than 1,500 square feet and has a nappy changing station and a foyer with an LCD television.