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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Froggy Feb 20, 2018 4:39:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Feb 20, 2018 4:39:28 GMT see what you mean, not very clever frogs

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Froggy Feb 20, 2018 8:30:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Feb 20, 2018 8:30:10 GMT I suppose when the urge took them they weren't thinking about the fish! I heard a frog croaking in the pond a couple of weeks ago but I haven't spotted any spawn yet but maybe that's a good thing as they're forecasting a 'big freeze' again.

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Froggy Feb 20, 2018 15:36:14 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Feb 20, 2018 15:36:14 GMT Another pair in same spot in fishpond today. Will they never learn? maybe I'm just envious that they are getting plenty of what I'm not getting enough of No I'm not into kinky frolics with amphibians just to clarify
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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Froggy Feb 20, 2018 16:51:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Feb 20, 2018 16:51:41 GMT

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Froggy Mar 12, 2018 8:39:47 GMT grindle and sweetpea like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Mar 12, 2018 8:39:47 GMT The frog was in the pond on Saturday & then yesterday I spotted this:- so there must have been at least 2 of them! First frogspawn of the year here.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Froggy Mar 12, 2018 14:21:33 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Mar 12, 2018 14:21:33 GMT mine got busy again after the cold snap, but looks like there's more on the way at the weekend, wonder if any will survive

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Froggy Mar 12, 2018 14:24:26 GMT grindle and SueA like this

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Post by sweetpea on Mar 12, 2018 14:24:26 GMT

checked my spawn the other day and noticed some of the embryos had elongated slightly so some must have survived the freezing temps.
yesterday i couldn't tell as difficult to see with the light reflections on the water but definitely no tadpoles yet.
ps while removing some duckweed today caught a wee tadpole. only noticed that one so far.

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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Froggy Mar 13, 2018 9:04:04 GMT grindle and sweetpea like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Mar 13, 2018 9:04:04 GMT I'm worried the spawn I saw is in a corner of the pond where the blackbirds like to sit & drink so if they spot it they will eat it but hopefully there will be other blobs tucked away from them.

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Froggy Mar 13, 2018 15:12:39 GMT grindle and SueA like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Mar 13, 2018 15:12:39 GMT saw another frog in the FISHpond this morning. Will have to relocate it if I can.
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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Froggy Mar 27, 2018 8:21:30 GMT grindle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Mar 27, 2018 8:21:30 GMT I went out last night to see if the bats are out & about yet but didn't see any but I did hear a frog in the pond croaking really loudly - maybe the frogspawn in there did freeze & he's keen to make some more!

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Froggy Apr 10, 2018 7:52:21 GMT grindle and sweetpea like this

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Post by SueA on Apr 10, 2018 7:52:21 GMT

I noticed the frogspawn was 'bubbling' yesterday when I was tidying around the pond & realised it was the tadpoles wriggling free in the sunshine. Filmed them, this isn't speeded up or anything, they were wriggling like mad!

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Froggy Apr 11, 2018 6:47:19 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Apr 11, 2018 6:47:19 GMT not sure if I have any survived the cold, when I was clearing out the duckweed, I didn't find one tadpole, only a baby newt and a baby fish, so either they've moved to the deeper part of the pond or I've lost most of it

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Froggy Apr 11, 2018 7:10:55 GMT

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Post by SueA on Apr 11, 2018 7:10:55 GMT

That's a shame grindle, maybe there is some hidden away, I didn't think ours would have survived as the top of the pond froze after the spawn appeared but they must have either 'laid' some more or the bottom layer survived. I'm envious of your newt, I've never seen them here.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Froggy Apr 12, 2018 6:41:32 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Apr 12, 2018 6:41:32 GMT I'm hoping some might be hiding somewhere. I love my newts, have quite a few in the pond now

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Froggy Apr 12, 2018 14:05:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Apr 12, 2018 14:05:26 GMT Did have a solitary newt some years back but not seen one here for ages now.
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