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Frog spawn

cornishpixicornishpixi Posts: 67
in Wildlife gardening
I had a lot of frog spawn in my pond, I put a cover over to protect it from herons, the frog spawn looks like it died and the pond has a film on the top. It was clear till the frogs came now its green and horrible. No chemicals have got in it and I have no idea what has happened any ideas please?  

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    The late cold snap has killed off all the frog spawn up here. There might be still some alive if it was deep enough but all the spawn I've seen was in shallow ditches.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just went out into the garden and heard loud croaking from the pond ... a male frog advertising his presence to any lady frogs in the vicinity ... we usually have several frogs around the pond most summers, so hopefully he'll have come female company very soon  <3

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Dove, does that mean the frogs are still spawning?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think so ... ours were quite late last year too.  It seems a good strategy to spread spawning out over quite a long period, that way at least some will survive bad weather whenever it comes.   :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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