Any Frogs Spawn in South East England

[frog123]

Still no spawn even after the frogs did start croaking and as always that were all gone this morning

[Monkey Orchid]

Lots of frog activity in our garden pond this morning, first time I've seen them. I'll have a look this afternoon to see if there's any spawn appeared yet.

[posie]

just had a look at pond and didn't see any frogs, but there is a very chilly wind, which will have lowered the temperature of the surface water and the shallows around edges, so I expect the 3 I saw last night when it was still and warm have moved to a warmer spot. I hope they haven't said 'blow this' and gone back to 'sleep' .There was a little bit of loud 'plopping' which could have been frogs, but I don't know what else I've got in there, so it could have been anything, maybe a small water mammal?, I suppose there are such things, of the vole or rat family.It is a pond therefore still water but is fed by a natural spring, and at the moment the water-level is very high, right up to the underside of the wooden bridge. There are Water Voles resident closeby in the stream but I suppose they like running water.. ..Will look for frogs again tonight when I come in from chores...Posie..

[frog123]

I got home and checked the pond and no frogs then i lifted uo a tub near the pond and there were two under it i don't understand why they leave thay pond during the day i thought they stayed in the ponds at breeding time

[frog123]

Also there is a chilly wind here but i doubt it will slow thing up much i have seen a greeny frog in the pond just now it looks alot big at fatter than yesterday hopefully a female But now the male are gone but they usually come back at night so hopefully first spawn maybe tomorrow also i might look around local ponds where i know frogs spawn to see if they have any yet

[sbeau66]

some frogs gathering but no spawn yet, nr winchester

[posie]

can't see my 3 skinny frogs that I saw last night, but saw a dark wriggly thing swimming, do newts wriggle when they swim? ( I do ! )

[frog123]

Yea newts Wriggle when they swim a bit like tadpoles there are about 10 frogs in my pond but still no mating

[posie]

yes, i thought it looked like a big ling tadpole, so it was probably a newt then, i'm so pleased..,,,,,,even a long tadpole..

[frog123]

Yeah it's great the newts are coming out but the frogs should be done spawning by then i think.I don't understand I have about 5 male frogs and 1 huge female but the males aren't interested at all the males are all in the deep part an the female is in the shallow area alone