"David Sim" wrote in message
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A friend of mine (local to me in Reading, Berkshire, UK) keeps finding a
number of dead frogs / toads in his pond - sometimes 6 or 7 every morning -
my first thoughts were that they could be drowning but he assures me he's
seen some come & go quite easily from the water (steep sided pond)

Any thoughts? are there any diseases prevalent at the moment?

Every time we have heavy rains, I find a few newts and frogs that have drown
in the pool. Put a flat stone or two at the water's edge, see if that
assists in reducing the number of dead frogs.