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Post by Harold Smith on Feb 21, 2016 17:12:07 GMT
Today must be the first of day of spring. The frogs have started spawning.
Never seen a frog with such a smug look! Must be very proud of itself.
Look like a couple of guards.
Shame I didn't have the camera out earlier. There was right old bundle between a poor female and about half a dozen males with more on the side lines.
Harold.
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Post by rowanberry on Feb 22, 2016 1:30:02 GMT
Wow, I've never had them spawn in our pond that early.  we do have frogs, though- when I went out today, I must have startled several because all I saw were lots of legs kicking frantically in the starwort as they tried to dive. |
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Post by aeshna5 on Feb 22, 2016 17:31:38 GMT
I noticed 6 frogs in my pond yesterday with the heads poking above the water. With a wet night I suspect they may have been active but no spawn (fortunately) yet. When I got home before dark I did see a little splashing.
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Post by shirl100 on Feb 25, 2016 16:22:08 GMT
I haven't seen any frogs in local ponds etc yet but it must be getting time - water frozen overnight though so maybe they are in there but keeping warm in the mud!
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Post by ayjay on Feb 28, 2016 22:04:28 GMT
Today must be the first of day of spring. The frogs have started spawning.
7th Feb in my garden pond. **************************************** I came across this unusual (to me) sight on my walk this afternoon, frogspawn in a puddle, there's no shortage of ditches around this part of the Forest which hold water all year, so this seems slightly feckless. Second pic hopefully puts the puddle in context, (btw, this was a nice intimate little path until the FC hacked it all back in the Autumn, you could, if you so wanted, touch the vegetation on both sides as you walked through there).   |
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Post by rowanberry on Feb 29, 2016 10:49:36 GMT
That is a bit shallow... if we don't have any rain in the next few days it will dry up.  Maybe some hungry ducks with find it, rather that it go completely to waste... not trying to be horrid- I just don't think that spawn is going to survive long enough to become tadpoles, sadly. |
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Post by rowanberry on Feb 29, 2016 22:57:16 GMT
you would think that as they are said to return to their place of spawning, that the generations of frogs spawning in places like this would have died out, leaving only the smarter ones who spawn in deeper/more permanent bodies of water, which makes me wonder if they spawn wherever they find the first bit of water or not. I think with so many garden ponds being filled for safety reasons, and so many streams being polluted by runoff, they might just being spawning in any relatively clean-ish puddles they can find.  Then again, (and I say this in all kindness, because I am very fond of my froggies!) I don't think 'smart' and 'frog' are two words that often go together, (especially given their fondness for falling down drains.... ewwww!)  |
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Post by Harold Smith on Mar 1, 2016 19:34:56 GMT
The sun came out and what a lovely afternoon it was. Certainly brought the frogs out! I counted at least forty plus in the pond. I think they were all males as it was like a Frog Eisteddfod! As time went on they got louder and louder. Then the sun went in and they all disappeared. Not one to be seen or heard anywhere.
 
Harold.
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Post by rowanberry on Mar 1, 2016 22:22:32 GMT
Forty! That's great, Harold... the most I managed today was fourteen. |
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Post by shirl100 on Mar 2, 2016 17:27:12 GMT
I checked a local dew pond this morning - and nothing! Maybe they are just going to arrive a bit later.
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Post by aeshna5 on Mar 5, 2016 16:12:52 GMT
Noticed the first clump of frog spawn in my pond this morning. I didn't notice it yesterday when I topped up the feeders though it was pretty frosty this morning, though no ice on the pond.
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Post by aeshna5 on Mar 6, 2016 14:13:00 GMT
Noticed the first clump of frog spawn in my pond this morning. I didn't notice it yesterday when I topped up the feeders though it was pretty frosty this morning, though no ice on the pond. Looking out the window after returning from my local patch + I couldn't see the clump of spawn that was there yesterday. Looking more closely from the garden there appear to be a few isolated eggs floating around. As the clump was near the back of the pond I'm wondering whether one of the Foxes have eaten the rest? Seems the only likely answer- I don't think cats would bother with it + I've never had Herons or Mallard in the garden (only flyovers). Frustrating! Hopefully plenty more spawn to come when it warms up a little. |
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Post by NellyDee on Apr 10, 2016 9:18:39 GMT
They have done it again - lots of spawn in puddles that drain away as the weather gets warmer.
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Post by aeshna5 on Apr 10, 2016 12:58:36 GMT
They have done it again - lots of spawn in puddles that drain away as the weather gets warmer. Can you move it somewhere more suitable locally? |
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Post by NellyDee on Apr 10, 2016 17:14:04 GMT
No only laying water drains away when weather warms, the only other water is a burn with flowing water. Mind we have had a year of weather the wettest on record, so the ground is seriously wet, so hopefully the puddles will stay with water till they mature.
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