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Originally Posted by sweetheart
I seem to have lost all my frogs ( as in none have come to the pool this
year). Three years ago I had a colony of at least 30. Then I lost a whole
load of spawn eaten by bloody dragon fly larvae which I had not realized
were there. I know some people like dragon flies but I prefer frogs. So I
cleared the pond but the following year it was a hard winter and again I
lost frogs and spawn . This year, nothing.
I know I have a frog ( or two) around the garden . Last saw one a few weeks
ago by my greenhouse. But nothing in the pond. I also checked the pond and I
don't even seem to have any newts. I had a few of those to.
Is this the end then? Is there anything I can do to get frogs to come?
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Whereabouts are you?
I'm in Yorkshire. I think we have lost all of our frogs which overwintered in the pond, and the ones which overwintered elsewhere are only now arriving - last week we had two, this week we're up to 19.
If you haven't already, try looking at night, using a powerful torch with a beam that will penetrate through the water. You may have some frogs which aren't yet making themselves obvious on the surface in the day time.
It's early for newts to be mating, although we already have those, and, for the first time, more newts than frogs. You know of course that newts eat frog spawn?
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