first frog sighting in pond!

[rooftop]

Hi Wabbers,
We've been very lucky, on a particularly wet afternoon, to enjoy the first sighting of A [singular] frog in our wildlife pond!
Its taken about 6 months [we dug the pond in Feb] for one of our amphibian friends to take up residence, but we're delighted he or she has taken a liking to it.

[aeshna5]

Congrats! It's so satisfying finding your first frog (or toad/newt) in a newly created pond. Maybe with luck you might get some spawn (assuming more are around) next Feb/March.

[Hedera]

Great! Now they've found your pond you will always have them. Very interesting creatures _ I love sitting and watching mine. I talk to them and they get used to me!

[GCN lova]

i only have one common frog (male) in my garden and two froglets. i rescued the frog from my friends garden and i feed him worms and flies sometimes. i hope you get to enjoy them because common frogs are one of my favourite animals.

[John]

When I moved to Leamington Spa I dug myself a pond and put a few fish in it. I also created a waterfall and small stream. After a short while I found a few frogs had colonised it but after 18 months I left there to move to Coventry.

Before I left I had to fill the pond in (a condition of my tenancy) so imagine my surprise when I caught 72 frogs.

Thankfully, because I had been forced to move because the property was badly damaged, I was given time to get the property in Coventry ready before leaving Leamington. This allowed me time to build another pond in the Coventry garden and I transferred all 72 frogs to that pond.

I have been here 7 years now and a lot of the frogs have dispersed but I know I still have over thirty in it as I had to drain it last year then refill it and that was how many was left.

Two years ago I built another pond, this time a very shallow one (10 deep) and that has become a nursery pond for the frogspawn that is laid. Now I have baby frogs all over the garden.

John

[gardenexplorer]

Originally Posted by John

When I moved to Leamington Spa I dug myself a pond and put a few fish in it. I also created a waterfall and small stream. After a short while I found a few frogs had colonised it but after 18 months I left there to move to Coventry.

Before I left I had to fill the pond in (a condition of my tenancy) so imagine my surprise when I caught 72 frogs.

Thankfully, because I had been forced to move because the property was badly damaged, I was given time to get the property in Coventry ready before leaving Leamington. This allowed me time to build another pond in the Coventry garden and I transferred all 72 frogs to that pond.

I have been here 7 years now and a lot of the frogs have dispersed but I know I still have over thirty in it as I had to drain it last year then refill it and that was how many was left.

Two years ago I built another pond, this time a very shallow one (10 deep) and that has become a nursery pond for the frogspawn that is laid. Now I have baby frogs all over the garden.

John

great story- happy ending

[N0z]

Nice- i only had had my pond for about 2 years and when i was more intrested in fish and intrested in the safety of my fish i hooked out 45 frogs in spring (and put them in a local lake) so the frogs couldnt grab my fish's and accidently kill them anymore (because 1 got killed this way if i remember correctly) but now im more intrested in wildlife so i let the frogs stay

[davedotcom]

Fantastic! We had a frog in the veggie patch last year for a few months but it scarpered around September time. Since then I put a pond in and we've got a frog plus some taddies donated (against my wishes) by a relative a few doors down!

The frog will be just the start. Plenty more wildlife will be on it's way!

[Billabong Karen]

Congratulations! There's nothing like the feeling of satisfaction of knowing you are helping our native amphibians (and dragonflies etc) find a proper habitat... I'm sure your pond will bring you much joy.

I also find it's a great excuse not to mow the lawn... dont want to mush the froglets...

[rooftop]

Thanks again for the replies guys...i've taken to watching our pond a bit like watching TV! Except there's no need to turn the channel over!