Frogs!

[Shadylane]

That was quite humorous - in a twisted kind of way. You pond looks like a fun place for a newt to hang out. Hope some of your taddies make it. Haven't checked our mini-pond for a bit but Himself reported back that the small clump of spawn could no longer be seen. Hope the cold didn't kill em

[Two_Sheds]

Hope some of your taddies make it.

The first lot got frosted in the pond, so now we have them in tanks in four classrooms plus mine at home - the next lot I won't release until they are bigger than a newt's gob

[Shadylane]

Don't blame you. I'm a bit worried about ours now. The ones at home are fine but the allotment's prone to frost pockets and is very exposed. I'm sure we've had a frost since it appeared. Frogs - not very bright.

[Alex_Parrott]

Hi, I had some spawn in my allotment the other week which I saw hatch out so I duly netted the pond to protect from birds. I ahve not seen any of the tadpoles since though and I know there has not been any frosts. Will they just be at the bottom do you think?

getting worried.....

[Shadylane]

I popped down to ours today and they're fine, still muching their way through the jelly. If you can't see them they've probably gone swimming off to find food. Ours were hard to spot last year once they'd finished with the jelly(or whatever it's called). We didn't net either. I think the birds got some when they left the pond as we found a few bloody corpes on the stones. We know some survived because we found them early this year, dead and floating after the pond had defrosted . But at least one lady and one blokey must've made it as the spawn turned up all on it's own.

[Two_Sheds]

Will they just be at the bottom do you think?

If they have any sense they will. The ones in the tanks at school tend to congregate at the bottom

[purplekat]

I'm very disappointed, I built my pond last autumn so it'd be ready for frog spawn season but I've had nothing at all - I know I had a few frogs in my garden, one tested the pond out as we were filling it up but not seen it since so don't think they survived the winter

[Shadylane]

You only built it last autumn - give them chance. Can't remember when we put ours in, I think it was autumn before last and I'd already seen frogs about. However they chose to spawn in a water tank further up than in our pond so we had to cheat. Our in-laws were filling in their pond and gave us some(strictly not supposed to do that but it would have been binned otherwise). This year we got a small amount so some must've survived and our winter was harsh. Keep your fingers crossed for next spring. A frog on our plot still used the pond last summer even though he/she didn't use it to mate.

[grananne]

frogs on my lawn where pond used to be. what can i do to save the the spawn.

[Dynamo]

frogs on my lawn where pond used to be. what can i do to save the the spawn.

Get as large a bucket or one of those big plastic containers that hold several gallons and cut the top off it, and bury it in the ground so its nearly flush with the surface, and fill it with water. If the frogs have nowhere else to go to spawn, they may use that. You could put a pond back in as well. It doesn't need to be in the same place as the old one.

I found a couple mating the other day. I don't think they were doing it right seeing as their bellies were together.

[Two_Sheds]

Plenty of busy-busy in our pond this week

[Florence Fennel]

Frogspornography there TS - great photos.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Mine have just started singing today so it won't be long now.

Colin

[Ali Apple]

i go out late at night into the garden and the croaking of the frogs/ toads is abundant, my pond is not the cleanest, and i worry if the spawn will be affected by this... anyone advise me please?

[Dynamo]

i go out late at night into the garden and the croaking of the frogs/ toads is abundant, my pond is not the cleanest, and i worry if the spawn will be affected by this... anyone advise me please?

I don't think it will be a problem. One of mine is green with algae but the tadpoles still swim around in there okay and become frogs.