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Post by sweetpea on Jan 18, 2017 16:36:39 GMT
When I went to feed the fish this morning I saw this LARGE frog at the wall of the pond. one of the largest I have seen here.
Anyway I thought they would all be hibernating at this time of year. If it is still there tomorrow I will try to relocate it to the wildlife pond as it can't be too easy getting out of where it is as there is an overhang all round the pond plus mesh covers.
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Post by grindle on Jan 19, 2017 5:03:10 GMT
frogs are already arriving in my pond too sweetpea had to quickly remove netting as they were getting in a tangle, must be all the mild weather we've been having |
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 31, 2017 23:20:08 GMT
Update.
Today saw frog again with another one attached to it in flagrant delicto'?
they are in the wrong pond for any spawn to survive so will have to keep a lookout and transfer to wildlife pond if I am in time.
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Post by grindle on Feb 4, 2017 8:51:33 GMT
Noticed my first lot of spawn in the pond this morning  |
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 9, 2017 15:01:30 GMT
Ditto grindle took a walk down to the wildlife pond this morning and there is loads of spawn there, some of it above the water level too. |
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Froggy
Feb 10, 2017 4:52:49 GMT
Post by grindle on Feb 10, 2017 4:52:49 GMT
I just hope this cold spell won't be too much trouble, last year I had very few tadpoles after the freeze
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Post by SueA on Mar 7, 2017 20:47:10 GMT
Your frogs were well ahead of ours, spotted the first frogspawn today, it's actually the first we've had in the pond since we moved here. We had spawn in the pond at the other house a couple of times but the blackbirds/cats always used to manage eat it before/after it got as far as full sized frogs! This is quite a big ball with some sticking up out of the water so I hope it doesn't get too cold but it seems to go down quite a way so some should survive. Here's the 'tip of the iceberg' :-  |
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Post by grindle on Mar 8, 2017 5:00:17 GMT
after the initial 'goings on' they seemed to disappear with the colder weather, now it's due to warm up again, I'm expecting to see activity
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Post by SueA on Aug 24, 2017 7:26:32 GMT
Three of the baby frogs were in & around the pond yesterday, not sure how many have survived but there seem to be a few of various sizes ( only between about one & two inch long) around in the borders.   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 19:57:36 GMT
Thrilled to see a frog in a little wildlife pond I created in the spring.  |
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Froggy
Sept 7, 2017 20:10:04 GMT
Post by Geumlover on Sept 7, 2017 20:10:04 GMT
Stood by our pond the other evening and there was a frog croaking. Thought they only did that in the mating season. Cat was fascinated and spent ages looking for it.
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Froggy
Sept 7, 2017 20:28:13 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 20:28:13 GMT
I thought the same too.
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 19, 2018 14:06:13 GMT
Again when I went down to feed the fish saw FOUR frogs, well two pairs if you know what I mean  Why do they decide to have an orgy in the fish pond when there is a perfectly good 'wildlife' pond further down the garden? |
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Froggy
Feb 19, 2018 14:45:30 GMT
Post by grindle on Feb 19, 2018 14:45:30 GMT
at the moment my pond is heaving with frogs and spawn, it's a wonder the fish are surviving
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Froggy
Feb 19, 2018 16:18:21 GMT
Post by sweetpea on Feb 19, 2018 16:18:21 GMT
'Relocated' one of them to the other pond. The rest were keeping out of site. This shows the amount of fish where the frogs were so any spawn would have no chance.  |
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Why do they decide to have an orgy in the fish pond when there is a perfectly good 'wildlife' pond further down the garden?
