Les grenouilles

[MKG]

We have frogspawn in the new pond!!!!!!!



Mike

[Milims]

[bill1953]

I was a frogoholic all my married life (which is why I am divorced now). Started with one small pond, but very soon I was mixing with others and soon found that the ponds were getting bigger and bigger. Before I knew what was happening I ended up with three ponds and two of them were linked by man made stream ten metres long flowing downhill with the water being returned to the top pond via a submerged 15000 litres an hour pump and buried 25mm pipe. That was when my wife said 'go'. Been pond free for nearly six years but I keep looking at my field and thinking of JCB's and aligators! Seriously, must have reared thousands and thousands of frogs over the years. When I was in the Isle of Man I found newts in one pond. Not a native species to the Island so I thought the relevant government office would have been pleased at the newts....nope! You would have thought I had told them I had Albanians in the attic. More or less got accused of 'bringing in an illegal species' . Glad I put the phone down before giving my name and address. Good luck with your tadpoles I used to feed mine on boiled ham once they started swimming about. The processsed square cheap stuff will do. Put a slice in and before long they cover it so you can hardly see it.

[MKG]

Ah, Bill - I sympathise. Being environmentally aware is a costly business. I've been trying to tell the people around here for years that frogs are great for getting rid of slugs - are they grateful? No - are they hell. They just don't like frogs. They don't like slugs even more, but haven't got to the associative phase yet.

I have to admit that sacrificing a wife to your amphibophilia is really going some, though.

Mike

[bill1953]

Absolutely! Hardly seen a slug but when I did discover a colony of fairly rare lemon slugs - as slugs go the prettiest slug of all I removed them to a safer site in the garden as the frogs were decimating them.

[julie_lanteri]

somebody's calling me?

[MKG]

If you have large, protuberant eyes, bandy green legs, and croak throughout the night, yes.



Mike

[Green Aura]

[Millymollymandy]

somebody's calling me?

I was oddly drawn to this thread, too.

[Mrs Moustoir]

A friend of mine spent last weekend rescuing migrating toads which were crossing a road. She couldn't bear to see them being squished so she was filling a bucket with them and putting them in the ditch on the opposite side of the road.

Her neighbours thought she was bonkers.

[bill1953]

The 'bonkers' people were the ones who were driving over them

[DebbieP]

We've got loads of frog spawn in our pond too! Yay! Spotted one of the parents on the pond floor at one point too :) I love seeing the wildlife in the garden, I think we did have a couple of newts in there too but they're so hard to see, too good at hiding!

[bill1953]

We've got loads of frog spawn in our pond too! Yay! Spotted one of the parents on the pond floor at one point too :) I love seeing the wildlife in the garden, I think we did have a couple of newts in there too but they're so hard to see, too good at hiding!

Best way to see newts is not to see them Debbie! G out in the dark on warmish evenings and listen. When they come up to the surface they make a very recognisable 'popping' sound x

[MKG]

I once had a pet newt. I called him Tiny, 'cos he was my newt.

Mike

PS ... the spawn is now tiny taddies.

[bill1953]

I once had a pet newt. I called him Tiny, 'cos he was my newt.

Mike

PS ... the spawn is now tiny taddies.

took me three reads but I go it!