Frogs Returning?

[AndrewA123]

Well, I've not seen a frog in or around the pond, since about the start of November. I have seen a small one and a larger toad in the garden one night last week, but that was it.

Well, last night I went out and there in the pond was a reasonable sized frog. I went back out this morning and there it was again sat on the edge this time.

I've seen reports of Frogs being active further south, but it looks like the recent mild weather has sparked them into life a little further north too. I'll keep an eye out and see if anything else makes an earlier than expected appearance

[Bob_at_Fant]

There's been a small frog in my patio pond from late October onward, the resident larger one dissappeared but this small one has been active since then. (If you call sitting around on a pot in the pond active that is). On Tuesday night he was joined by another very similar frog but no action of any kind. I also spotted an overwintering tadpole the other week (see other thread) but no newts or other frogs yet.

Bob

[AndrewA123]

Fingers crossed for you Bob, I only installed the pond in May time and have seen frogs, toads and a GCN so hoping for some spawn this year, it'd be nice

[Billabong Karen]

No activity at all other than one overwintering tadpole and a small newtlet to report.

Last year I rescued drying-out frog spawn and introduced it to my big pond. I had literally hundreds of small froglets hatch and leave the pond, which was also visited by toads and masses of newts. This year I am determined not to introduce anything but to wait and see whether the frogs and / or toads find it by themselves. The newts moved in very quickly.

Watch this space...

[Bob_at_Fant]

Yes, I'm impatiently waiting to see if I get any spawn like everyone else I suspect, but concerned in case the frogs and taddies get caught out by a change in the weather (my dad keeps telling me about 1947 when it didn't start snowing till the end of January and didn't thaw until March apparently) perhaps i could knit them little woolly jackets..?


Bob

[Billabong Karen]

Well it's supposed to get colder as of today, so let's hope not too many amphibians are awake as yet. Guess we'll simply have to be patient a bit longer, and who knows we may yet be entering posts on King Edward's Ice on Ponds thread...

[AndrewA123]

I've been advised that we're likely to see snow in these parts towards the end of next week by 3 different people, I hope they're all wrong. Would a shorts and t-shirt winter be too bad???

No sign of the Frog this morning, but I'll check again when I get home tonight.