lots of frogspawn

hobo1 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 10:13 PM

Saw our 1st lot of frog spawn in my lincolnshire garden yesterday, about 40 frogs, and lots of noise. The frogs are 1 week earlier than last years, still trying to sort out how to put pics on .

ron1863 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 10:21 PM

No frogs up my way yet. Click the help button on top right for loading photographs.

Stozy · #3 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 10:35 PM

Yep 2 clumps arrived in my pond on saturday night/sunday morning

Fife, Scotland

that is 3 weeks earlier than last year. However it was a new pond last year so i was happy to get anything

Just found another there and still lots of frogs sitting around making noise.

glsammy · #4 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 11:08 PM

I went out looking for them today, found plenty at out local garden centre pond and huge numbers of frogs at one of my favourite local sites.

monkey · #5 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 11:17 PM

This is the 1st lot of frog spawn that was laid on 20th Feb in my pond in the garden and last week saw some in a puddle in the New Forest as well!! Also saw the toad spawn in a pond in the heathland of the New Forest

Seems to be a lot this year just hope we dont have anymore harsh weather and it survives

Linda

JeffH · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 10:37 AM

Saw a pair of frogs mating in our pond yesterday and now have a large clump of spawn

Jeff
(Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers and Barn Owls)

PS. Sorry, just checked again - make that two large clumps

kate1812 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 02:40 PM

Hello, just joined today after enjoying looking through the site for a week. Frogs are making baby frogs in my small pond. Hope the goldfish dont gobble them all up!!

monkey · #8 (**permalink**) 15-03-2009, 11:06 PM

I took some of my frog spawn out of the pond and put it in a smaller pool to try and help it survive my koi fish eating it and this is a photo of the hatched tadpoles which I took yesterday. How big do you think they should be before I can put them back into the large pond?

Linda

lesley3405 · #9 (**permalink**) 17-03-2009, 11:39 AM

We have 4 lots of frog spawn and more being produced, is there a point when there is too much or do we let nature take its course?

I am in Cheshire.

kate1812 · #10 (**permalink**) 17-03-2009, 04:57 PM

Re Monkey's question about how big taddies should be: Never too big! I did the same last year and brought up loads of taddies til they had both back legs. Released them into the pond, the fish were most amused that their food could now swim about, made more of a game

A few fortunate taddies DID manage to get down amongst the weeds before they were eaten, & these few hardy souls did develop into froglets. But out of the hundreds that were released into the pond only about 3 made it! But three are enough in a year in a small pond. Good luck, enjoy the wonder