Frogspawn anyone?????

[Nicos]

Just wondering if anyone has got any frogspawn yet????

[scarey55]

Still a bit cold ere

[lynda66]

haven't got any frogs 14th feb apparently was the best day last year, cos frogs is romantic though my pond is frozen still

http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/fi...ntinefrogs.htm

[Jenegade]

Maybe in a few weeks when everythings defrosted a bit!

[sallym]

Nothing yet but we check every morning. We love frogs

[lyndap]

Pond been full of amorous frogs and toads for 3days now so expect loads of spawn any time soon!!!

[Nicos]

...how exciting!!!!!

[bodger]

Found a couple of copulating frogs yesterday so hopefully frogspawn to come. Ducks ate last lot

[blackkitty]

We've got amorous frogs just visible on the bottom and I've seen the first one poke his head out today.

[Polly Fouracre]

We don't have a pond (small grandchildren) but a friend has masses of spawn in her pond. Lovely and mild here at the moment so I would hope it will do well.

[Beanie]

Was enjoying a cuppa break on my allotment on Sunday, & thought - "Had better go home soon, my tum's rumbling . . ." - then realised the noise wasn't my tum, but a frog in the pond! One (presumably) male hugging a (presumably) female, & the male making quiet little 'brrrrrrrrrrrrrrp' noises. I could see his throat pouch filling up & deflating as he made the noise. SO fascinating - I'm in my 40's & don't think I've ever heard one calling like that before, let alone seen one in action! So I spent a happy 10 mins or so enjoying my cuppa & watching their antics.

[seasprout]

No frogs or spawn yet, but i have seen Newts on the move.

[blackkitty]

No frogspawn yet but plenty of frogsporn We've got our usual 100 or so copulating all over in the ponds. I haven't seen any of our newts yet though.

[Johnny Appleseed]

We've now got 7 big balls of spawn in the same pond and they are still at it - the frog chorus is very loud at 2am.......

However I have noticed that one ball of spawn is totally submerged - it was the first to appear - and is very cloudy whereas all the other balls of spawn are crystal clear and at or about water level.

I've no idea why one ball is cloudy and submerged compared to the others - you can just about see the black spot in the middle of each egg but every egg is very cloudy.

Might be a fertility / hatching issue perhaps?

[BilboWaggins]

However I have noticed that one ball of spawn is totally submerged - it was the first to appear - and is very cloudy whereas all the other balls of spawn are crystal clear and at or about water level.

I seem to remember that it is normal for each ball of spawn to sink to the bottom of the pond after a few days. That is certainly what used to happen to ours and we never had a shortage of tadpoles.

Sitting here very envious because it will be at least another year before I get a pond at our new house, boo hoo.