[Laurab]

7 FROGS POPPED THEIR HEADS OUT IN MY PONG TODAY, PROBABLY PART OF THE CROWD HIBERNATING IN THE FLOATING FROG HOUSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY HAD DISAPPEARED A COUPLE OF HRS LATER....RATHER COLD AND WINDY TODAY IN LIVERPOOL...PROBABLY DECIDED TO GO BACK TO BED. WILL CHECK AGAIN TOMORROW. ANY BODY ELSE HAD FROG AWAKENING?

[James Blake]

saw my first frog today - quite mild despite a serious north wind.

[RockyRacoon]

I saw my first Frog in the school fields on Thursday, gave me a big shock I have never seen one there! Anyway I moved it off the football pitch and into the school 'nature area'!

[Johnny1]

I had a pair in my small pond on Thursday - havn't seen them since though.

[bristolbirder]

I have a couple of dozen frogs in my small garden pond all engaged in a mating frenzy since last week. Already there are 3 seperate clumps of frog spawn. Hope it's not too early.

Steve

[dave m]

I have just noticed frog spawn in our pond this morning.

[Dawsy]

I noticed the first frogspawn in my local pond 2 weeks ago. There's a huge mass of it now; I'll be expecting the annual malllard invasion any day.

[Brian Bullough]

Originally Posted by Laurab

7 FROGS POPPED THEIR HEADS OUT IN MY PONG TODAY, PROBABLY PART OF THE CROWD HIBERNATING IN THE FLOATING FROG HOUSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY HAD DISAPPEARED A COUPLE OF HRS LATER....RATHER COLD AND WINDY TODAY IN LIVERPOOL...PROBABLY DECIDED TO GO BACK TO BED. WILL CHECK AGAIN TOMORROW. ANY BODY ELSE HAD FROG AWAKENING?

I have been away since last tues/sat but my pond has a mass of frogs spawn there today,roughly how much are they capable of laying at one time or total.The tadpoles that hatched last year many did not develop into frogs.
Brian

[Laurab]

Originally Posted by swiftspectrum

I have been away since last tues/sat but my pond has a mass of frogs spawn there today,roughly how much are they capable of laying at one time or total.The tadpoles that hatched last year many did not develop into frogs.
Brian

ICE ON THE POND WAS A CENTIMETRE THICK THIS MORNING, JUST AS WELL THERE'S NO FROG SPAWN YET, FROGS IN HIDING, STARLINGS SKATING ON TOP!!
LAURA

[RockyRacoon]

I have seen a few Frogs recently, including one enjoying the warm air from our washing machine!

[Allen]

Originally Posted by Dawsy

I noticed the first frogspawn in my local pond 2 weeks ago. There's a huge mass of it now; I'll be expecting the annual malllard invasion any day.

Same here and this ties in with previous years timing also - my parents pond is 3' x 2' by 1.5' deep and has c30 frogs in it! They have actually completely filled the pond with spawn and which has had to be removed into separate containers for hatching as last year it all went mouldy - we guess due to the mass of developing spawn absorbing all the oxygen and then dying and going mouldy (opinions on this theory please!!!)

[Gill Osborne]

I haven't seen any frogs or spawn yet in this part of Northumberland....if they ARE around I think they'll have gone back into hibernation with the snow blizzards we've been having today! LOL

Brian (swiftspectrum)....wherabouts in Northumberland are you?

GILL

[Stewart J.]

Spring, suppose so the daffodils are up, so's the snow it's covering them!


Stewart

And the snow's really going for it out there now brrrr

[Brian Bullough]

Originally Posted by Gill Osborne

I haven't seen any frogs or spawn yet in this part of Northumberland....if they ARE around I think they'll have gone back into hibernation with the snow blizzards we've been having today! LOL

Brian (swiftspectrum)....wherabouts in Northumberland are you?

GILL

I live on the coast, there has not been anymore added probably due to the weather,I have not found out how much can be laid yet but I have read that
quote"In nature larger tadpoles in crowded conditions produce growth inhibitors in their droppings which when eaten by other tadpoles,stunt their growth" So this year I will keep a record of progress.


Brian

[Allen]

Originally Posted by Allen

Same here and this ties in with previous years timing also - my parents pond is 3' x 2' by 1.5' deep and has c30 frogs in it!

Pond had to be cleaned out this week as the water had gone completely milky and the remaining spawn was starting to rot. Turns out this small pond contained 91 frogs!!!!!!!!

Has anyone any advice on what may be happening with the water and spawn? This year we took out the excess spawn into other containers to try to alleviate oxygen consumption but the spawn in both the pond and the containers has died also. Seems to have happened for the last couple of years. Some kind of recurring bacterial infection?

[dampflippers]

Allen, try asking Froglife. www.froglife.org

[Yaffle]

The frogs in my pond finally spawned a couple of days ago, about a month later than usual. They have been paired up for a couple of weeks but just didn't seem to want to spawn. Interestingly, I cleaned the pond out this winter for the first time in about 15 years so I wonder if there is some chemical/algae trigger to spawning that isn't yet present in the 'new' pond?

Yaffle

[bristolbirder]

My first tadpoles have now emerged from the frog spawn in my pond. Yippee!


Steve

[Brian Bullough]

The Tadpoles in my pond are at three stages a few are about 25mm but most have just hatched these are in a mass, (I thought they where all dead but a closer look shows they are just inactive) and a later laying will hatch sometime this week so perhaps laying early sometimes pays off
Brian

[Yaffle]

Mine have all spawned now and the first have just hatched. As a bonus I also have a string of toad spawn which I only get every other year or so!

Yaffle