Frogs are attracted to damp, cool areas in summer and log or leaf piles in winter. Creating a log pile will help immensely, or piling your fallen leaves. There will be some entrance into your garden and your frog has probably chosen it because it is within about a kilometre from his / her pond (more likely a she at this time of year) and may have found little competition for food. Frogs disperse to avoid overcompetition for insects so the fact that frogs are rare in your garden will suit her just right. I'd stop using slug pellets as they have been estimated as causing 20% of the population decline we are seeing in the UK.
I have a very small pond which is a header tank from old cistern and holds just 18 litres of water but I have a healthy population of frogs and a yearly respectable amount of frog spawn the area around this small pond is free from slugs just wish I could find as easy solution to the increasing problem of cats increasingly using the garden as a litter tray and destroying my taller plants.
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Frogs are attracted to damp, cool areas in summer and log or leaf piles in winter. Creating a log pile will help immensely, or piling your fallen leaves. There will be some entrance into your garden and your frog has probably chosen it because it is within about a kilometre from his / her pond (more likely a she at this time of year) and may have found little competition for food. Frogs disperse to avoid overcompetition for insects so the fact that frogs are rare in your garden will suit her just right. I'd stop using slug pellets as they have been estimated as causing 20% of the population decline we are seeing in the UK.
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I have a very small pond which is a header tank from old cistern and holds just 18 litres of water but I have a healthy population of frogs and a yearly respectable amount of frog spawn the area around this small pond is free from slugs just wish I could find as easy solution to the increasing problem of cats increasingly using the garden as a litter tray and destroying my taller plants.