This is the second year for my pond and I have already got several lots of spawn. Last year to my amazement, when the tadpoles appeared the blackbirds went fishing and the edge of the pond and caught and ate them. Consequently the hundreds of tadpoles became just a few frogs. This year,I am waiting to see if I was imagining it!
I live in South Cumbria and have a fairly deep at one end shelved garden pond with the other end sloped for wildlife, and where the frogs spawn. The last 2 year the first spawn has arrived early feb and then the rest about a month later. All previous years we have had so many tadpoles but last year very few, and this year the spawn just seems to be "melting". Any ideas?
Our pond is 5-6 years and this year the first frog spawn of the year was seen at the end of February. Unfortunately due some hard frosts the spawn nearer the surface has been affected. There seem to be quite a few pairs using the pond, great joy is we dont seem to have as many bugs in the garden.
I have only a small pond in my garden, but I am always impressed how the frogs come back every year to spawn, on a mild evening I can hear them making quite a racket! For for the size of the pond I am suprised just how much frog spawn there is. It just shown that one doesn't need a very big body of water to attract the wild life.
If anyone finds frog spawn anywhere then please leave it to develop. I've had lots of frogspawn in my pond since 20th February. I have spotted at least 13 frogs. The pond is only 3 feet wide.
We have had frogspawn in our pond now for a few weeks. Unfortunately, like last year, most of it seems to be over a large stone we have at the edge of the pond that we put there to assist frogs or animals to get out of the pond, a sudden drop in temperature resulted in the eggs freezing. we have tried to push it further into the pond so more is covered by water, but we too have found it too sticky and welded to the stone to be moved.
You are not alone ....our resident (very successful breeding pair)blackbirds not only enjoy the frog spawn and tadpoles but have been seen with adult newts in their beaks later in the year feeding their young. They break them up in the same way as they do slugs.
We have what I thought was frog spawn which I first noticed yesterday. When my husband went down to have a look he saw a newt swimming away. Do they both lay eggs in the same way?
I have a small pond within a decked area. Last year (the pond's first year) it attracted several frogs, and the spawn produced hundreds of froglets that escaped into the garden. This year we saw our first spawn in the first week in January! However, due to the cold weather (even down here in Devon), we've very few tadpoles left.
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