Anyone got any frog spawn yet?

[wednesday1 10]

Only spotted one frog in the pond so far, there's normally many more by now and a good few lumps of spawn too. How about others?

[bears9h 10]

I have seen probably 4 or 5 at most in mine and a couple of clumps of spawn, my mum has loads of frogs and spawn though, I counted 12 on the surface in hers the other day within a few minutes.

[davi 10]

I was in the peak district at Water-cum-jolly dale on Thursday. There was a lot of piggy backing toads on the path by the water and quite a few squashed ones on the road. You had to be careful where you put your feet. Brought back memories as a kid spending time down at rivelin, looking for tadpoles and sticklebacks.

[StuartB 10]

Hi,

 

We find they generally couple up towards the end of February, do the biz and then go back and hibernate for a few weeks

 

This year they were later, about 12 couples, and have left a bit less spawn than usual

[whitewitch 10]

We counted at least 25 frogs the other day, most of them at the hugging stage, got loads of frog spawn

[poppet2 13]

A stray frog ate all my tadpoles last year, so this year I am going to put chicken wire over my pond later.

[Mr Soft 10]

A stray frog ate all my tadpoles last year, so this year I am going to put chicken wire over my pond later.

 

Is that to stop chickens eating the frogs that ate your frog spawn?

[jane2008 15]

I counted 9 frogs and 3 clumps of frog spawn on Thursday.

[RainbowAngel 10]

Is there anything special you have to do to get froglets to your pond? Iv never had any and my cats are indoor cats so its not them eatin them

[wednesday1 10]

Ta for replies, was feeling a bit left out so I have poured a couple of tins of tapioca into the pond. Fingers crossed!

[bears9h 10]

Is there anything special you have to do to get froglets to your pond? Iv never had any and my cats are indoor cats so its not them eatin them

 

I have only had my pond a couple of years and have done nothing special other than put plants in and have an area where they can climb in and out easily.

[Phanerothyme 12]

I feel I should point out:

 

Sadly, moving frogspawn around often serves only to heighten the risk of moving around invasive plants and diseases that have potential to do real harm to frogs and other pond-inhabitants.’

 

If you want to do the best for wildlife, our advice is to leave frogspawn where it is and let nature do the rest.’

 

even though no-one has mentioned moving spawn yet, readers may be considering it.