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I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of
years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? |
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In message , endymion
writes I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? My ponds are usually a heavy mass of froggy frenzy about this time. Nothing so far but I suspect the cold snap will have merely deterred the show. FWIW I was coppicing with Dorset CC Ranger Service this morning - several toads were up and about, which surprised me in that location. So all is not lost -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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"Gopher" wrote in message ... In message , endymion writes I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? My ponds are usually a heavy mass of froggy frenzy about this time. Nothing so far but I suspect the cold snap will have merely deterred the show. FWIW I was coppicing with Dorset CC Ranger Service this morning - Not here by any chance? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...0stuff/llo.jpg I only live a mile or do from there, and the sign always makes me smile. Steve |
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In message , shazzbat
writes "Gopher" wrote in message ... In message , endymion writes I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? My ponds are usually a heavy mass of froggy frenzy about this time. Nothing so far but I suspect the cold snap will have merely deterred the show. FWIW I was coppicing with Dorset CC Ranger Service this morning - Not here by any chance? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...0stuff/llo.jpg I only live a mile or do from there, and the sign always makes me smile. Steve Sorry .... that's down B'mouth way isn't it? My coppicing, hedge laying exercise etc. is usually taken in the Batcombe area .... other end of the county. I haven't visited Slop Bog Reserve but I seem to recall it has some good heathland. And it _does_ have a funny name :-)) -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 18/2/09 13:08, in article , "endymion" wrote: I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? We have none yet, nor do we have toads. I think the cold may have held them up and also it's been very dry here. Usually, we see them on wet spring nights. So as it's rained a bit today, we'll be out with the torch tonight just to have a look. As mentioned in an earlier thread our first frog of the year appeared on 16 January, but very sensibly disappeared two days later. Yesterday I counted 9 in the pond but no sign of any spawn as yet. The relatively dry December followed by the recent spell of unusually cold weather will have undoubtedly thinned out the frog population but there is still time for them to appear. -- Robert |
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On Feb 18, 1:08*pm, "endymion"
wrote: I seem to have lost all my frogs. That is extremely careless of you. Do you now expect us to trust you with some junior tadpoles? |
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robert wrote:
As mentioned in an earlier thread our first frog of the year appeared on 16 January, but very sensibly disappeared two days later. Yesterday I counted 9 in the pond but no sign of any spawn as yet. The relatively dry December followed by the recent spell of unusually cold weather will have undoubtedly thinned out the frog population but there is still time for them to appear. My pond had been frozen for over a week with the cold temperatures. Following the rise in temperature, it finally melted over Saturday night. On Sunday morning there were 2 clumps of frogspawn and since then the pond has been a seething mass of frogs. We seem to just get more and more each year. Jeff NE England |
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"endymion" wrote in message ... I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? I wouldn't worry too much ours are very late this year in spite of the amount of flooding remember if you are out in the garden tidying frogs hibernabate happily in dryish frost free areas so piles of leaves in corners under wooden staging , boards etc are likely to be harbouring frogs and toads or if you are lucky newts. DerekW |
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"endymion" wrote in message
... I seem to have lost all my frogs. Did you look behind the fridge? When I lose something it's nearly always there. |
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from "Crundy" contains these words: "endymion" wrote in message ... I seem to have lost all my frogs. Did you look behind the fridge? When I lose something it's nearly always there. Down the back of your sofa, that's where they'll be. Ou en France. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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"endymion" wrote in message ... I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? I know this is an old post. I thought I would update it on my froggies. I think I had two little frogs arrive very very late. The deposited a load of spawn ( or rather the female did). I didn't see them. It was none yesterday, spawn today and gone tomorrow. I nurtured the spawn as best I could. I saw some of it at least reach taddies stage. Then it seemed to disappear altogether. This is a re newed pond now - so no iris and no roots etc to stop the taddies getting to water. I thought they may have been lost, But this last week I have seen a small ( about the size of a thumb joint ) frog in the pond , sitting happily on a stone and swimming around. he / she has now disappeared again. But joy of joys! I was mowing the front lawn and I managed to see ( and miss) the tiniest of frogs crawling in the grass. I left a large patch for him/ her to live in - although there is plenty of long grass and cover around the pond area now. I am guessing that is one of ( even if the only one) of this years little taddies. So I may have lost my colony but I am living in hope for next spring. g |
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On 2009-07-13 19:08:39 +0100, "endymion"
said: "endymion" wrote in message ... I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? I know this is an old post. I thought I would update it on my froggies. I think I had two little frogs arrive very very late. The deposited a load of spawn ( or rather the female did). I didn't see them. It was none yesterday, spawn today and gone tomorrow. I nurtured the spawn as best I could. I saw some of it at least reach taddies stage. Then it seemed to disappear altogether. This is a re newed pond now - so no iris and no roots etc to stop the taddies getting to water. I thought they may have been lost, But this last week I have seen a small ( about the size of a thumb joint ) frog in the pond , sitting happily on a stone and swimming around. he / she has now disappeared again. But joy of joys! I was mowing the front lawn and I managed to see ( and miss) the tiniest of frogs crawling in the grass. I left a large patch for him/ her to live in - although there is plenty of long grass and cover around the pond area now. I am guessing that is one of ( even if the only one) of this years little taddies. So I may have lost my colony but I am living in hope for next spring. g Kind of Build It and They Will Come, isn't it? ;-) I'm so glad you found some. We had at least 36 frogs on one day in the pond this spring. I haven't seen one froglet yet but they'll be around somewhere, hiding. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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On 13 July, 19:13, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-07-13 19:08:39 +0100, "endymion" said: "endymion" wrote in message ... I seem to have lost all my frogs. I had a colony over 30 strong a couple of years ago. I know the untimely cold last winter ( 2007/8) * limited the breeding that year but I had some back last year. Unfortunately all the little taddies got eaten by dragon fly lava in the pond. I cleared the pond but no frogs this year. They usually arrive about Valentines day. My mother has frogs and spawn. Hers usually arrive just after mine. I guess I am frog less then? I don't suppose there is a solution to this really is there? Anything I can do? I know this is an old post. I thought I would update it on my froggies. * I think I had two little frogs arrive very very late. *The deposited a load of spawn ( or rather the female did). I didn't see them. It was none yesterday, spawn today and gone tomorrow. I nurtured the spawn as best I could. *I saw some of it at least reach taddies stage. *Then it seemed to disappear altogether. * This is a re newed pond now - so no iris and no roots etc to stop the taddies getting to water. I thought they may have been lost, But this last week I have seen a small ( about the size of a thumb joint ) frog in the pond , sitting happily on a stone and swimming around. he / she has now disappeared again. But joy of joys! I was mowing the front lawn and I managed to see ( and miss) *the tiniest of frogs crawling in the * grass. I left a large patch for him/ her to live in - although there is plenty of long grass and cover around the pond area now. *I am guessing that is one of ( even if the only one) *of this years little taddies. So I may have lost my colony but I am living in hope for next spring. g Kind of Build It and They Will Come, isn't it? *;-) *I'm so glad you found some. *We had at least 36 frogs on one day in the pond this spring. *I haven't seen one froglet yet but they'll be around somewhere, hiding. -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon On the same subject, would duckweed discourage frogs? My pond is covered in it now and I have given up clearing it because there is too much and it multiplies so fast that it has recovered the pond again in less than a week. I used to have frogs but haven't seen any recently and I wondered if the duckweed is the reason? |
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endymion writes
I nurtured the spawn as best I could. I saw some of it at least reach taddies stage. Then it seemed to disappear altogether. The first thing seem to do is eat the rest of the egg that they hatched out of. This is a re newed pond now - so no iris and no roots etc to stop the taddies getting to water. I thought they may have been lost, But this last week I have seen a small ( about the size of a thumb joint ) frog in the pond , that's a last year's frog, I think. Takes them at least 3 years to get to breeding size. sitting happily on a stone and swimming around. he / she has now disappeared again. But joy of joys! I was mowing the front lawn and I managed to see ( and miss) the tiniest of frogs crawling in the grass. Lovely :-) -- Kay |
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