On 14/3/06 12:09 am, in article
, "cineman"
wrote:

After mentioning that i had frogspawn in one pond last week, I now notice
that there are a lot fewer frogs this year, looks as if there are a couple
of dead frogs at the bottom of another one of my ponds, the male seems ok
but the female , from what little i can see, appears top be very pale.
Another died about three weeks ago in the same pond, it did not appear to
have red leg disease.
I hope that its only the cold weather that has delayed their arrival.

Our toads have started to arrive but not in great numbers yet. I think the
cold must have something to do with that. I've checked for spawn each day
but haven't yet seen any. Are you sure your frogs haven't just been
drowned? When you get one female covered by three or four males, I'm afraid
the female often drowns, taking a male or two with her. ;-(
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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