Yes, I was lucky enough to get both frog and toadspawn this year .....and have some folded water forget-me-not leaves which leads me to believe that newt efts may follow.
I think the pic may be a froglet as they have tended to look like this in previous years. They change very rapidly in the first few days out of water and it's only after a week or so that I find I'm able to distinguish the froglets from the toadlets. I love all my garden amphibians and wish them all equal prosperity and the same chances in life. I'm the Theresa May of wildlife gardening you could say.....
No - definitely clumps of spawn philippa. Last year's came from a burn at the side of a hill in the Campsies.
This year's were rescued from the top of a boulder on a hill in Glen Douglas, at least fifty feet from the nearest pool. Not seen much of them ...not surprising really when you consider their original location. They didn't come from very smart parental stock....
Could give you the dates if I look up the pix from the walks!
We had frogs and toads at the last house though - strings and clumps of spawn.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
True what they say about a wildlife pond have lived here three years never seen a frog no ponds around we dug it out in May and it as been amazing watching things arrive and the birds drinking and bathing
So exciting isn't it Zenjeff, she/he looks to be a fairly mature frog too. We love our tiny pond, dragon flies, birds drinking, frogs, newts, water snails, water boatmen and a whole host of smaller insects live in or around our pond.
It's so exciting to get your first frog visit to a new pond. It took me 2 years to get my first amphibian vsitor and was beginning to worry that my pond building skills weren't up to scratch and then...voila! A gorgeous adult female turns up. It was such a big deal for me. (Sad I know). Now, 4 years later, I've got an amphibian hat trick going on (toads, newts and frogs),
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Took me two hours to mow my lawn for fear of inadvertently killing one of these chappies.
Isn't it just amazing how that wee scrap can survive and thrive!
Lovely froglets
I narrowly avoided stepping on several of them last year as they 'frogged' from the pond
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ooh - mine looked like that Philippa. Sure they were frogspawn though....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes, I was lucky enough to get both frog and toadspawn this year .....and have some folded water forget-me-not leaves which leads me to believe that newt efts may follow.
I think the pic may be a froglet as they have tended to look like this in previous years. They change very rapidly in the first few days out of water and it's only after a week or so that I find I'm able to distinguish the froglets from the toadlets. I love all my garden amphibians and wish them all equal prosperity and the same chances in life. I'm the Theresa May of wildlife gardening you could say.....
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No - definitely clumps of spawn philippa. Last year's came from a burn at the side of a hill in the Campsies.
This year's were rescued from the top of a boulder on a hill in Glen Douglas, at least fifty feet from the nearest pool. Not seen much of them ...not surprising really when you consider their original location. They didn't come from very smart parental stock....
Could give you the dates if I look up the pix from the walks!
We had frogs and toads at the last house though - strings and clumps of spawn.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
First frog in my new pond
fantastic
True what they say about a wildlife pond have lived here three years never seen a frog no ponds around we dug it out in May and it as been amazing watching things arrive and the birds drinking and bathing
So exciting isn't it Zenjeff, she/he looks to be a fairly mature frog too. We love our tiny pond, dragon flies, birds drinking, frogs, newts, water snails, water boatmen and a whole host of smaller insects live in or around our pond.
It's so exciting to get your first frog visit to a new pond. It took me 2 years to get my first amphibian vsitor and was beginning to worry that my pond building skills weren't up to scratch and then...voila! A gorgeous adult female turns up. It was such a big deal for me. (Sad I know). Now, 4 years later, I've got an amphibian hat trick going on (toads, newts and frogs),