frogs

[marktench]

Hi i have had my pond up and running now for 2 years after about 3 days a frog found it's way to my pond which was there on and off that year and last year plus i saw a little frog as well but this year i have only seen it once by the way it's not a wildlife pond it's got quite a few fish in mirror carp koi carp golden rudd tench and barbel and of course goldfish so i just thought if the frog would still be around?

[wildflower]

I had one frog and now have many you will probably find it lurking around i have a lot of wood and plants round my pond so they are good at hiding..My pond is only two years old and i have a big frog about 5 smaller ones and i also had frog spawn and that has hatched as i saw a tadpole swimming..Have you got lots of things for the frog to go under ?? if so thats where he will probably be..This is my pond and as you can see it is quite dense..

[kaitkaitkait]

Originally Posted by wildflower

I had one frog and now have many you will probably find it lurking around i have a lot of wood and plants round my pond so they are good at hiding..My pond is only two years old and i have a big frog about 5 smaller ones and i also had frog spawn and that has hatched as i saw a tadpole swimming..Have you got lots of things for the frog to go under ?? if so thats where he will probably be..This is my pond and as you can see it is quite dense..

What a stunning pond, wildflower!

I've got frogs in one of my ponds - they occasionally hop to the other one but not often, and they have never spawned here. Just visiting, or too young? They are very good at hiding, I agree.

On the other hand, I have had toadspawn (but not seen a single adult toad) in one pond, and in the other pond I have palmate newts, and what look like newt eggs with developing larvae inside. I read somewhere that frogs, toads and newts all prefer slightly different environments... I wonder if that's true?

[marktench]

do you think that the fish i got in my pond put the frogs off a bit from going into the water?

[marktench]

It's still there just had a good look around and just as i was about to go he jumped out from under my waterfall watched for a while then it went into the pond so i am so glad it's still around.Very good at hideing.

[dragonfly]

I have a wildlife pond thats full of frogs and toads and newts but they dont stay in the pond
they go walk about but come back try if you can leaving some old carpet or bricks just some thing for them to crawl under and you will probeblyfind more than one frog on your garden in a day or two
by the way fish wont eat full grown frogs

[marktench]

Got a rockery with lots of stones rocks and plants where my fillter box is and the water fall is concrete which as got a fair bit of room underneigth where it can easy hide.Would that be good enought?

[Dogghound]

Fish are more of a problem for newts, although fish do eat tadpoles of all our regular amphibians, you probrably have lots of frogs you just see 1 or 2 similar looking frogs on a regular basis.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by dragonfly

I have a wildlife pond thats full of frogs and toads and newts but they dont stay in the pond
they go walk about but come back try if you can leaving some old carpet or bricks just some thing for them to crawl under and you will probeblyfind more than one frog on your garden in a day or two
by the way fish wont eat full grown frogs

Same here. We also have lots of cover for them. I tend to plant things too close together I hate to see gaps and the wildlife love it.

[dragonfly]

your waterfall sounds perfect just try piling a few rocks together so they can hide what i have done got a paveing slad supported on two bricks so they can crawl underneath and you can lift off to have a look