frogwatch 2009

[Bouncytigger]

Thought it might be a good idea to start a thread devoted to the first GARDEN FROGS of this new year

Yes i know it only January 10th and we probably won't have any sightings for at least a three to five weeks if the cold snap keeps up and as many of you know I'm really excited about this all this froggie stuff as i am YET to see a single FROG anywhere remotely near my TWO PONDS!!

But the anticipation that THIS MAY be MY year is a FANTASTICAL and SPLENDIFEROUS thought in itself!!

[Bouncytigger]

actually that post should be on the amphibian forum thinking about it!

any idea how to move it Buddy Bears?

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Bouncytigger

actually that post should be on the amphibian forum thinking about it!

any idea how to move it Buddy Bears?

Pm a mod..

I will be posting my first sighting of the year on here that's if the pond ever thaws out..
Here's a little something to keep you going..

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Pm a mod..

I will be posting my first sighting of the year on here that's if the pond ever thaws out..
Here's a little something to keep you going..

Right I'm on the case

Love the leaping froogies bud

You had some in your BARREL as well if i remember?

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Bouncytigger

Right I'm on the case

Love the leaping froogies bud

You had some in your BARREL as well if i remember?

Yep 2 yrs running..

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Yep 2 yrs running..

well next door but one have a few frogs I'm told so when it warms up next week I'm going to do my MOLE BIT and dig a few gaps under the fence

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Bouncytigger

well next door but one have a few frogs I'm told so when it warms up next week I'm going to do my MOLE BIT and dig a few gaps under the fence

I wont tell if you don't

[Dogghound]

The more your ponds become established the more likely you will A) Get frogs (Which im sure you already do its just seeing them) and B) Breeding which with habitat loss etc they need all the garden ponds they can get.

How old are the ponds?
Have you got a well vegetated garden (the more native species the better)?
Have you got or considered getting log piles, rocks etc?

This thread is a good idea. Although im sure people further south will see frogs before me.

[tameblackbirds]

my pond frozen too. I saw first frog spawn on the 1st of March last year but it had been a mild winter

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

The more your ponds become established the more likely you will A) Get frogs (Which im sure you already do its just seeing them) and B) Breeding which with habitat loss etc they need all the garden ponds they can get.

How old are the ponds?
Have you got a well vegetated garden (the more native species the better)?
Have you got or considered getting log piles, rocks etc?

This thread is a good idea. Although im sure people further south will see frogs before me.

Hiya Dogghound

My ponds are about two years old now

I have loads of submergent plants and marginals

I had broad-bodied chasers and common hawkers last year

so i reckon it might be.... FROGS next