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Post by NellyDee on Jul 1, 2018 13:00:49 GMT
I did not realise that froglets left the water when they still had tails. They are so small as to be barely visible. Glad at least some taddies escaped being eaten by the lavae - two photos, one out the water and one coming out the water. Froglet 2 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr Froglet leaving water by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 1, 2018 14:06:33 GMT
I noticed a couple of tiny frogs leaving my pond a couple of days ago. Means the newts didn't eat all the tadpoles this year.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 21, 2018 17:25:37 GMT
Leading a walk on Chobham Common today we were having lunch by a pool + one of my party went around the back looking at Odonata when he nearly trod on an Adder, I went round + had good views of a smart female Adder at the edge of the pool. I could see her tasting the air with her tongue + eventually slinked off.
We also had a brief view of a Common Lizard at the edge of the path.
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Post by aeshna5 on Aug 19, 2018 4:07:14 GMT
Turning over a log yesterday in what used to be a pond but now a damp depression with a mass of Juncus we found an immature Great-crested Newt. First I've seen in a while.
We also found 3 small Common Frogs.
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 22, 2018 19:27:23 GMT
There haven't been many frogs about lately, but I did see this one making its way to the pond this morning.
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Post by duncan74 on Sept 6, 2018 15:55:48 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Oct 5, 2018 18:32:00 GMT
Three basking Red-eared Terrapins in Richmond Park today.
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Post by duncan74 on Oct 8, 2018 17:25:57 GMT
Don't you just love it when people turn loose animals they no longer want. Duncan
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Post by NellyDee on Oct 19, 2018 8:15:26 GMT
I got quite angry when living in London. In a park someone had discarded their Terrapins, which had grown quite large and were breeding, so quite a large number of them. Yes they were great to see when out the water on fallen tree stumps or round the edge. But then I realised they were taking the babes of the ducks, coots and geese, which would suddenly disappear as the were grabbed from below. The poor birds on the pond not only had to contend with the Terrapins, but also the herons and the rats. The breeding rate was very poor.
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Post by Tringa on Oct 19, 2018 10:02:09 GMT
Most years I don't think terrapins can breed in the UK as they need quite long spells of warm weather. However, a few years ago I saw an article about how hotter summers could change this, and baby terrapins have been seen in the Regent's Canal in London. It is not good news.
Apart from the disgusting behaviour of someone who would look after and animal but then just throw it away when it is inconvenient, I'm appalled by anyone who takes on the ownership of an animal without looking at the widen picture.
Dave
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Post by NellyDee on Oct 21, 2018 15:29:07 GMT
Most years I don't think terrapins can breed in the UK as they need quite long spells of warm weather. However, a few years ago I saw an article about how hotter summers could change this, and baby terrapins have been seen in the Regent's Canal in London. It is not good news. Apart from the disgusting behaviour of someone who would look after and animal but then just throw it away when it is inconvenient, I'm appalled by anyone who takes on the ownership of an animal without looking at the widen picture. Dave I just assumed they were Terrapins or same breed, but they certainly bred. This was in the 80's.
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Post by aeshna5 on Feb 23, 2019 17:03:49 GMT
My first frog of the year- a male Common Frog walking down to the water in the Lily Pond at Kew.
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Post by NellyDee on Feb 24, 2019 10:13:45 GMT
Not even signs of frog spawn here yet.
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Post by aeshna5 on Feb 24, 2019 19:08:42 GMT
Not even signs of frog spawn here yet. First thing this morning I was at a local nature reserve to look at the contents of some moth traps. A cold night as it was -1 but the pond at the edge of the field the pond was unfrozen + there were about 30 clumps of spawn. Haven't seen any activity in my garden pond. Cold nights but warm (17-18C) days.
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Post by aeshna5 on Mar 1, 2019 19:05:09 GMT
My partner said she thought she'd heard frogs in the garden the other night. I hadn't seen any sign in the pond or new mini-pond but this afternoon found one clump of spawn in the tank on the patio below the bedroom activity. With wet + mild conditions this weekend maybe more amphibian activity.
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