Thank you Kathy and Reel McKoi.
Being man-made rather than artificial pond, I'd rather not have frogs (which
are numerous, anyway). Quite like toads, so am happy to leave their eggs to
mature. However, will the toad tadpoles become "live" food for the fish
(alternatively, will they poison the fish?)


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Attached to some LONG strands of blanketweed I found several strings of ??
eggs ?? - but what are they ?

Definately not frogspawn. These are jelly strings, between 4 and 7 inches
long, with black spots all in a line, about 20 eggs per string.

I'm in UK. Pond contains a few brand-new young Koi, about 3", a couple of
Koi introduced last year (now about 4" long, and an old Koi (10 years),
and possibly bream (they bred in the pond some years ago, just once -
never did see their eggs - since which a heron ate just about everything.
Whether they are still there, impossible to say - hard to see at best of
times!.

We have the inevitable frogs, and I've seen both the odd toad and newt
under the rockery stones - very shy creatures they are too! However,
never seen toads or newts in the pond.

Any idea what these egg strings could be, please?