Any Frogs Spawn in South East England

[posie]

Originally Posted by sbeau66

I have none yet either, but i think the heron was picking off the frogs as they surfaced to croak and mate, as thier numbers were declining, now the heron is dead they may have a chance to get going,,,

.I haven't any spawn yet either, and only a few frogs, which all look small to me,

[Malcolm Banks]

Originally Posted by sbeau66

I have none yet either, but i think the heron was picking off the frogs as they surfaced to croak and mate, as thier numbers were declining, now the heron is dead they may have a chance to get going,,,

Are the police looking for anyone else in connection with the heron's death?
M.

[posie]

Originally Posted by Malcolm Banks

Are the police looking for anyone else in connection with the heron's death?
M.

....Have you read the 'Heron' thread ? It explains on there how he died.

[posie]

My Harry Heron, is still very much alive, I am pleased to say...My thoughts are that if you are Wild About Britain, and are a Nature Lover, you have to accept the 'Food Chain' system, and if you want to protect either pets or certain wild species from being gobbled up, then it is your responsibility to put this protection into place, BUT it must NOT BE anything that will cause **unnecessary suffering** to the predator. I don't expect everyone on this earth to agree with this, but it is what I think......And if you use a method to protect something and a predator 'accidently' suffers and dies, then you learn from that, immediately remove the offending system, so it does not happen again, and find a system that does work, without danger to the predator....As I said, I don't expect everyone on this earth to agree....Posie

[Suzybrook]

i agree w/ you Posie

i dont get a selective concern for one type of animal and a casual disregard of others. I suppose if the animal is a rare or endangered one then it make more sense in terms of concern. I like butterflies a lot and often try to rear some every year, but it doesnt bother me about how birds take them to feed young, or how some succumb to parasites- its all good

[ooragnak]

Can anyone tell me wot to feed my tadpoles as they are all swimming round in a fish tank in my kitchen???

There is even more frog spawn in my pond, is there anyway to stop the frogs now as my fish dont have much room for swimming, I think the froggy nation are taking over the pond!!

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by ooragnak

Can anyone tell me wot to feed my tadpoles as they are all swimming round in a fish tank in my kitchen???

There is even more frog spawn in my pond, is there anyway to stop the frogs now as my fish dont have much room for swimming, I think the froggy nation are taking over the pond!!

From memory as a kid we used to hang a small piece of fresh red meat (steak) on a bit of string in the water and they munch this....ill let others inform if things have changed these days?

[toadpole]

alas still no spawn BUT last night i did something ........sort of naughty it was abour 8.45pm and i had just put my badgers food on the front lawn and was having my usual nose through the kitchen window as i washed my hands/washed up etc (i have a street light right outside...comes in very handy )...and i could see 2 frogs on my lawn hopping about in the rain ...then there it was .....the outline of a slow moving female toad with a male on top well i could hardly contain myself i grabbed my torch and a deep saucepan and off i went ....and caught as many as i could ...found 6 more toads too they all seem to be coming from the woodland from behind my house ...and were in the roads and on the pavements ....then i realised they were all heading for .....MY NEIGHBOURS POND!!!!!!!a big part of their fence broke months ago and they were all heading for the gap ....i could hear loads of frog noise coming from their pond so decided anything i could catch before it made the fenceline was going in MY pond so i decide to take the saucepan to my back gate and to the pond as i was soaked .....and to do this i have to go down an alleyway between our 2 houses and down there were loads more frogs and a couple of toads ...and then i realised they did not really have any decent access to my garden and were travelling along the fenceline till they found a gap ...which happened to be my neibours fence ! i felt very dissapointed that they did not seem to be trying to get to my garden .as they get in in the summer ...all in all i caught about 22 frogs and 8 toads and they are now safely swimming and hopefully mating in my pond .....but feel perhaps that was the wrong thing to do and my pond was not their choice to spawn in and now maybe i have interfered with nature so not feeling the excitement i thought i would ...i just wondered what your views are ?? Marion

[posie]

Hi Marion, I would have done the same thing, because I think that as they couldn't easily get to your pond, you have done the frogs and toads, a BIG favour, 'cos your neighbour's pond would surely have been overcrowded if you hadn't intervened and saved the day. Also, couldn't you remove a bit of fence your side.(And put signposts ''Frogs and Toads..This Way..).... Seriously though I think what you did was fine, so stop worrying and enjoy your lodgers.... Good Luck ! .....Posie..

[Suzybrook]

At last *searches for gigantic smiley*

torchlight revealed lots of frogs in pond tonight plus i saw a large female one in there. maybe the milder rainy night tonight is the catalyst