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Wanted- lonely male frogs seek female frogs.

yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
in Wildlife gardening
My pond is full of frogs, but no sign of any mating. Usually the water is 'boiling' with frog activity when they all get together, so I can only presume they are all male. They keep croaking and popping their heads up but no newcomers have arrived wanting to mate. Has anyone else experienced this?
A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I think they are a bit early for  Yorkshire. The ladies are taking their time.
  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    Previous years the frogs have been mating from early February. I don't think being in Yorkshire is the problem.  
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I'm in South Notts, and no sign of any frogs yet in the pond. We have had a very mild winter here.
  • The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
    fidgetbones said:
    I think they are a bit early for  Yorkshire. The ladies are taking their time.
    Lol...not my experience of the ladies in Yorkshire.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    T. H. H.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    All of a sudden frogspawn is in the pond, but there has been no sign of daytime mating. my frogs must be more amorous during the night!
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2019
    They probably knew you were watching ☺️ 

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





  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    It's funny you should say that Dovefromabove. I have been gardening for 4 hours today and the frogs seem to have watched my every move. Each time I have looked at the pond there have been about 30 pairs of eyes staring in my direction!  Oh and lots more frogspawn has appeared.
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    Mystery of the sudden appearance of frog spawn among what  I presumed was a pond full of males may be solved.
    Before the recent arrival of frogspawn appeared I contacted Naturewatch to ask their opinion of  lack of female frogs being a possible problem. They replied that the frogs may be juveniles and too immature to mate. Then the frogspawn arrived and I thought they must have mated.
    However, yesterday and today I have witnessed much bigger coupled frogs lolloping down our path and into the pond to lay more spawn before getting out and lolloping back to their hidey-hole.I presume this is what has happened before as the smaller frogs are still not showing any signs of mating.
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    I want frogs and toads but I have newts - and they love spawn!
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
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