Just had a Walk round Watergrove Reservoir in Wardle. There were in 4 different places including the small pond above the Res masses of Frogs all in a breeding frenzy. At least 150+ in the pond all croaking away and large quantities of spawn in evidence.
Joe Wynn said
Sun Mar 11 4:54 AM, 2012
John Rayner wrote:
Throughout late February there was plenty of Frog action in my small garden pond.
But the amount of spawn laid is disappointing - only one small clump. It looks as though there were plenty of males but a shortage of fertile females.
Anyone else noticed similar?
Cheers, John
I had 50+ frogs and enough spawn to account for the amount of activity! Still going strong today, I watched a frog with missing front limbs making its way across the lawn too!
Dave Thacker said
Fri Mar 9 5:30 AM, 2012
The opposite in my garden John. When we had the very severe Winter a couple of years ago I lost many frogs to the cold. Last year I put heaters in my main pond to minimise the losses and when the spawn hatched I set up two aquariums and cleaned out my smaller pond and fed them just so more tadpoles would survive turning into frogs.
This year numbers are about 30 spawning females and between 80-90 males. This is quite a healthy population for my small garden and it also helps that a couple of my neighbours have ponds in their gardens containing small numbers of frogs which visit my garden.
I just hope that my wife never finds out why our electric bill was a lot higher than normal last Winter. I blamed the washing machine
John Rayner said
Fri Mar 9 12:34 AM, 2012
Throughout late February there was plenty of Frog action in my small garden pond.
But the amount of spawn laid is disappointing - only one small clump. It looks as though there were plenty of males but a shortage of fertile females.
Anyone else noticed similar?
Cheers, John
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Feb 27 6:27 AM, 2012
The pond in our garden is already full of spawn and was last weekend!
Joe Wynn said
Mon Feb 27 5:19 AM, 2012
For those interested i've put some photos on my blog showing the sheer diversity in the colour of the different frogs. They're brilliant little animals!
Joe Wynn said
Sat Feb 25 4:15 AM, 2012
30+ now in my pond! Must be getting crowded, its only 2m long!
Ian Campbell said
Tue Feb 21 1:23 AM, 2012
Can anyone beat this ? this morning had 2 frogs getting up close and personal in my garden pond. Cheers ian
I had 50+ frogs and enough spawn to account for the amount of activity! Still going strong today, I watched a frog with missing front limbs making its way across the lawn too!
When we had the very severe Winter a couple of years ago I lost many frogs to the cold. Last year I put heaters in my main pond to minimise the losses and when the spawn hatched I set up two aquariums and cleaned out my smaller pond and fed them just so more tadpoles would survive turning into frogs.
This year numbers are about 30 spawning females and between 80-90 males. This is quite a healthy population for my small garden and it also helps that a couple of my neighbours have ponds in their gardens containing small numbers of frogs which visit my garden.
I just hope that my wife never finds out why our electric bill was a lot higher than normal last Winter. I blamed the washing machine
But the amount of spawn laid is disappointing - only one small clump. It looks as though there were plenty of males but a shortage of fertile females.
Anyone else noticed similar?
Cheers, John
Cheers ian