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Frogs in NE England (1 Viewer)
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harry eales
Ancient Entomologist
Richie9 said:
Hello Richie,
I saw my first Frog of the year in a friends garden pond in Newcastle upon Tyne yesterday. Frogs spawning depends a lot upon temperature and altitude. I have seen spawn as early as late February in some years and yet again,as late as June in others. It is seldom an accurate date can be ascertained or predicted.
Toads in my own experience tend to lay earlier than frogs, or at least they do in the uplands of Northumberland and Durham.
Harry
harry eales
Ancient Entomologist
Richie9 said:
Hello Richie,
No, there is no heater in this pond which is a very sunny position nost of the day. It is lined with black butyle rubber which is black in colour and which may absorb heat. I saw the frog sitting on the rubber edging at the side of the pond. When it saw me to took a header into the water.
I didn't see it after, that as the pond is very heavily vegetated with submerged aquatic plants. The pond is some 6' in diam. and about 2 ' deep.
Regards,
Harry
Marmot
Well-known member
We have a Frog that is living somewhere between our garden and a neighbours. I was just filling up the birdfeeders when I heard a rustle in the corner whe I looked it was a Frog sat in the middle of a poppy plant...managed to get the camera from the table and get a few pictures before it moved. I will post them later.
RoyH
Well-known member
Hello Richie, I saw a frog in the weed on the top our garden pond yesterday, I saw one on the top and one on bottom this morning, we had spawn early last year but I think it was nobbled by the frost. This year if they spawn early I am going to save it in a bucket until its safe to transfer to the nursery pond. We do this every year otherwise the spawn will be eaten by the fish.Richie9 said:
Regards,
Roy - NE Lincs.
dampflippers
Well-known member
We had our first 3 frogs in the garden pond Wednesday evening (8th) in South Tyneside. This was the first unfrozen pond day since last week, there was drizzle at night, and there were alot of frogs out on the street on their way to ponds.
No spawn yet though, and it's about to get cold again.
No spawn yet though, and it's about to get cold again.
Brian Bullough
DIGIDOPE
Northumberland
Before the last freeze I had a count of 55 in my garden pond with a mass of spawn which was frozen in, there is another mass here at the moment I can here them from the back of the house,they are very wary and have to be approached with care,but if you just sit still for awhile they will come to the surface.
Brian
I have posted a digiscoped frogs eye thats the pond edge in the lower reflection with me just visible in the left corner and my house in the background.
Before the last freeze I had a count of 55 in my garden pond with a mass of spawn which was frozen in, there is another mass here at the moment I can here them from the back of the house,they are very wary and have to be approached with care,but if you just sit still for awhile they will come to the surface.
Brian
I have posted a digiscoped frogs eye thats the pond edge in the lower reflection with me just visible in the left corner and my house in the background.
dampflippers
Well-known member
My first tadpoles hatched yesterday. Just hope the weather isn't too cold this week.
