Pandysavage - your photo looks like 'star jelly'. This is the remains of unlaid frogspawn, most likely from a female frog killed by a predator. Frogs spawn in late winter / early spring but the spawn starts forming the year before, so female frogs in late summer / autumn will have developing spawn inside.
I started noticing these clear gel blobs last year. If anyone knows what these are I would love to know as they always appear ob my drive or patio, not on grass or foliage.
I was watching a programme last night where something very similar to these was being discussed. It was actually unfertilised frog eggs which had been expelled from the frog when large birds such as magpies had them for lunch!
Thanks for the reply KT53 that sounds possible. Living near the coast we are plagued by seagulls, also there are a lot of frogs moving at this time of year. It actually appears on the floor in the approximate area that it could have been washed off the roof in heavy rain.
I was thinking it was something to do with water retaining granules or similar , however I had pressure washed the patio and drive clean of dirt and algae the week before and my hanging baskets are not yet made up so i was a bit confused.
@7rich46 , those ones do look like water-retaining granules that have absorbed water (slightly angular and firm, not soft and blobby). They are tiny like grains of fine sugar when dry so appear "as if by magic" when it rains.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Hi jenny, thanks for replying. I understand what you are saying, however, I have no plants in this yard and it is all hard standing due to minimal sun. So not sure where these granules would come from? I will have to believe these granules have traveled to my back door via other peoples footwear, it's the only possible answer. Again, thanks for your reply jenny.
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Pandysavage - your photo looks like 'star jelly'. This is the remains of unlaid frogspawn, most likely from a female frog killed by a predator. Frogs spawn in late winter / early spring but the spawn starts forming the year before, so female frogs in late summer / autumn will have developing spawn inside.
If anyone knows what these are
that sounds possible. Living near the coast we are plagued by seagulls, also there are a lot of frogs moving at this time of year.
It actually appears on the floor in the approximate area that it could have been washed off the roof in heavy rain.
I was thinking it was something to do with water retaining granules or similar , however I had pressure washed the patio and drive clean of dirt and algae the week before and my hanging baskets are not yet made up so i was a bit confused.
Many thanks.
Well, here we are again. Just over a year later and the mystery gel is back.
I understand what you are saying, however, I have no plants in this yard and it is all hard standing due to minimal sun. So not sure where these granules would come from?
I will have to believe these granules have traveled to my back door via other peoples footwear, it's the only possible answer.
Again, thanks for your reply jenny.