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Frogs... the new batch
First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is
still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren |
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Frogs... the new batch
How cute!!! All I seem to get around here are Southern Toads: they engage
in - amplexus - (such a fancy name for what they're doin'! G) and leave . .. . 3 days later, the pond's full of toadpoles. Shortly thereafter, they all disappear - I mean every last one of 'em! - during the day, while I'm at work. When I leave, there are a gazillion of them - when I come home, not a one! You'd think my yard would look like the 7th Plague of Egypt, but you can't find a single, solitary toadlet. Very strange. . . Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message .. . First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren |
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Tadpoles/toadpoles are quickly gobbled up by fish and other predators
including birds. More than once last year I saw crows pecking them out the water. I hand reared some indoors last year (they develop very quickly in the warm 20**°C indoors compared to the "cold" 0°C to 10°C outdoors. They just need the water clearing out every other day or so as it gets pretty mucky. It's cool to watch them develop though. Even as froglets they are susceptible to predators, I saw a couple get gobbled by my modestly sized fish. They reckon in the wild only a fraction of 1% survive, hence the amount of spawn they lay!! Darren "Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... How cute!!! All I seem to get around here are Southern Toads: they engage in - amplexus - (such a fancy name for what they're doin'! G) and leave .. . . 3 days later, the pond's full of toadpoles. Shortly thereafter, they all disappear - I mean every last one of 'em! - during the day, while I'm at work. When I leave, there are a gazillion of them - when I come home, not a one! You'd think my yard would look like the 7th Plague of Egypt, but you can't find a single, solitary toadlet. Very strange. . . Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message .. . First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren |
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Frogs... the new batch
Tadpoles/toadpoles are quickly gobbled up by fish and other predators
including birds. More than once last year I saw crows pecking them out the water. I hand reared some indoors last year (they develop very quickly in the warm 20**°C indoors compared to the "cold" 0°C to 10°C outdoors. They just need the water clearing out every other day or so as it gets pretty mucky. It's cool to watch them develop though. Even as froglets they are susceptible to predators, I saw a couple get gobbled by my modestly sized fish. They reckon in the wild only a fraction of 1% survive, hence the amount of spawn they lay!! Darren "Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... How cute!!! All I seem to get around here are Southern Toads: they engage in - amplexus - (such a fancy name for what they're doin'! G) and leave .. . . 3 days later, the pond's full of toadpoles. Shortly thereafter, they all disappear - I mean every last one of 'em! - during the day, while I'm at work. When I leave, there are a gazillion of them - when I come home, not a one! You'd think my yard would look like the 7th Plague of Egypt, but you can't find a single, solitary toadlet. Very strange. . . Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message .. . First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren |
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My fish (koi) don't like Southern Toads: they must taste NASTY. I've watched
the fish spit out a toadpole they accidently picked up while scrounging algae (putooey!). And my pond is screened with a pool enclosure, so nothing else can get them (in fact, I've often wondered how they get IN!), which adds to the mystery of where they go: you'd think they'd be lined up patiently at the areas where they can get out. Very strange. I've thought about trying to get some real frogs (I have tree frogs, though) to live in the pond area. They live in the water gardens in the back yard. Maybe this year I'll transport a few of them from back to front! Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message . .. Tadpoles/toadpoles are quickly gobbled up by fish and other predators including birds. More than once last year I saw crows pecking them out the water. I hand reared some indoors last year (they develop very quickly in the warm 20**°C indoors compared to the "cold" 0°C to 10°C outdoors. They just need the water clearing out every other day or so as it gets pretty mucky. It's cool to watch them develop though. Even as froglets they are susceptible to predators, I saw a couple get gobbled by my modestly sized fish. They reckon in the wild only a fraction of 1% survive, hence the amount of spawn they lay!! Darren "Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... How cute!!! All I seem to get around here are Southern Toads: they engage in - amplexus - (such a fancy name for what they're doin'! G) and leave . . . 3 days later, the pond's full of toadpoles. Shortly thereafter, they all disappear - I mean every last one of 'em! - during the day, while I'm at work. When I leave, there are a gazillion of them - when I come home, not a one! You'd think my yard would look like the 7th Plague of Egypt, but you can't find a single, solitary toadlet. Very strange. . . Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message .. . First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren |
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Frogs... the new batch
I've read, but not witnessed, that some frogs will eat the spawn of others
as one way of giving their own offspring a fighting chance. It's cool you have tree frogs. Here in England the range of amphibian species is quite small. Darren "Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... My fish (koi) don't like Southern Toads: they must taste NASTY. I've watched the fish spit out a toadpole they accidently picked up while scrounging algae (putooey!). And my pond is screened with a pool enclosure, so nothing else can get them (in fact, I've often wondered how they get IN!), which adds to the mystery of where they go: you'd think they'd be lined up patiently at the areas where they can get out. Very strange. I've thought about trying to get some real frogs (I have tree frogs, though) to live in the pond area. They live in the water gardens in the back yard. Maybe this year I'll transport a few of them from back to front! Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message . .. Tadpoles/toadpoles are quickly gobbled up by fish and other predators including birds. More than once last year I saw crows pecking them out the water. I hand reared some indoors last year (they develop very quickly in the warm 20**°C indoors compared to the "cold" 0°C to 10°C outdoors. They just need the water clearing out every other day or so as it gets pretty mucky. It's cool to watch them develop though. Even as froglets they are susceptible to predators, I saw a couple get gobbled by my modestly sized fish. They reckon in the wild only a fraction of 1% survive, hence the amount of spawn they lay!! Darren "Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... How cute!!! All I seem to get around here are Southern Toads: they engage in - amplexus - (such a fancy name for what they're doin'! G) and leave . . . 3 days later, the pond's full of toadpoles. Shortly thereafter, they all disappear - I mean every last one of 'em! - during the day, while I'm at work. When I leave, there are a gazillion of them - when I come home, not a one! You'd think my yard would look like the 7th Plague of Egypt, but you can't find a single, solitary toadlet. Very strange. . . Lee "Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message .. . First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren |
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Frogs... the new batch
"Darren Jackson" darren-jackson@2002-connectfree-co-uk wrote in message ...
First signs of frog amplexus here in central England today. The water is still quite cold, betwen 1°C and 4°C over the past few days. Two pairs of frogs getting all loved up though. The new batch, coming soon! :-) Here are a few photos from last year. http://www.aprt65.dsl.pipex.com/darrenjackson/Pond.html Any other signs of action around the UK? Regards Darren Same here in Derby. First signs of activity on Sunday and counted 13 frogs hard at 'it' yesterday (Tuesday). The goldfish seem a bit wary; but so far, over the years, none have ever been injured. I remember this time last year the pond was frozen over apart from where the heater was. Don't know what effect this has on the spawn. It's amazing where it all goes eventually |
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