Froglets have left home

[pete the pond]

hi shei111 you will find that your froglets once left the pond will go all around the garden and hide in log piles and under stones
out of 1,000 tadpoles you can get one that will become a breeding adult frog
if you get more thats great tadpoles and froglets are prey to many things
tadpoles will get eaten by diving bettles and newts and frogs,
once they are froglets , rats mice , birds frogs and grass snakes will eat them
i help mine by adding many stick piles and rocks and stones in the garden and never use any slug pellets or chemicals the rest is up tro them

how big is the grass snake if fully grown he will take fish and adult frogs as well. pete the pond sounds like you have a great garden.

[Davy Crockett]

This season in my area as been unusal for froglets, absolutly loads of um. can't mow the lawns without first chasing um into the boarders.

[Dillibags]

Well, my next door neighbours were in hysterics at my attempts to mow my back lawn! I hadn't realised just how many baby frogs there were, so was constantly stopping the mower and gently shooing them into the flower beds, one even shot into the shed for cover so had to rescue him

My areas of long grass have expanded considerably, have to give the little critters every chance!

Still, wouldn't change anything, I can't believe what a difference a year has made in my garden. What with the new pond and doing a lot of planting for butterflies and bees, there is always something to watch

Had my first dragonfly on Saturday, I think it had just hatched out, don't know much about them, will try and google today to find out what type it was.

Oh that was easy, went to the reference section on here - it was a blue tailed damselfly. Problably very common but it gave me a big thrill!

[shei111]

Originally Posted by pete the pond

hi shei111 you will find that your froglets once left the pond will go all around the garden and hide in log piles and under stones
out of 1,000 tadpoles you can get one that will become a breeding adult frog
if you get more thats great tadpoles and froglets are prey to many things
tadpoles will get eaten by diving bettles and newts and frogs,
once they are froglets , rats mice , birds frogs and grass snakes will eat them
i help mine by adding many stick piles and rocks and stones in the garden and never use any slug pellets or chemicals the rest is up tro them

how big is the grass snake if fully grown he will take fish and adult frogs as well. pete the pond sounds like you have a great garden.

Hello pete ive got quite a few logs piles dotted about the garden plus I have slabs of slate etc, the snake I saw was about 1 foot, I was very surprised that he was in the garden, im also a person that does not use chemicals and slug killers, im lucky that what I do have in the flower borders the slugs and snails are not attracted to. We have 14 fish the smallest being 5 inches to the orf being 9 inches , they will be moved in the autumn when hubby builds his pond bigger as yet the snake has not got any fish, im over the moon with how the garden looks and what is growing in it , im well into wildlife gardens nothing pleases me more. shei

[pete the pond]

the same here love the wildlife in the garden
it makes gardening far more intresting sounds great your garden

[shei111]

Originally Posted by Dillibags

Well, my next door neighbours were in hysterics at my attempts to mow my back lawn! I hadn't realised just how many baby frogs there were, so was constantly stopping the mower and gently shooing them into the flower beds, one even shot into the shed for cover so had to rescue him

My areas of long grass have expanded considerably, have to give the little critters every chance!

Still, wouldn't change anything, I can't believe what a difference a year has made in my garden. What with the new pond and doing a lot of planting for butterflies and bees, there is always something to watch

Had my first dragonfly on Saturday, I think it had just hatched out, don't know much about them, will try and google today to find out what type it was.

Oh that was easy, went to the reference section on here - it was a blue tailed damselfly. Problably very common but it gave me a big thrill!

Yes its so nice to have so many frogs in the garden, you need a lawnmower thats silent when you have so many frogs so you can hear them shouting at you to stop mowing . shei.