The Potting Shed

Libby · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: Frogs Spawn!!

Valentines Day and the frogs have been busy!!!!! I took this about 07.30 this morning!!

This is the earliest ever! Last year was 10th March!!! I don't suppose this will survive! Sad really!
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Aqui · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject:

Already? good god. It's not that warm, is it?

Are the BBC doing springwatch still? Might be worth reporting.

I hope they do survive, but doubt it if we get another cold spell.
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agapanthus · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject:

Wow....fingers xed they survive Smile

It was 9degrees this morning at Felixstowe.

kaz · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject:

We've had frogspawn for a week or so now - it has just thawed out from the ice - we had it early and frozen last year and they all seemed to hatch out.
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Libby · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

Last year even though it was on the 10th March, that got frozen and it died, luckily we have lots of frogs and spawn so some did survive!!
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Bovey Belle · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:52 am Post subject:

Ours haven't started yet - and yet last year they had laid by the end of January. I heard them "calling" in December, but nothing happened, so I reckon it must have been a few frog-blokes jumping the gun. It's amazing how the tadpoles survive being frozen - I suppose it's just like suspended animation.
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Bovey Belle · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

Well, I wrote that and then two days later I noticed EIGHT lots of frogspawn in the wildlife pond, so "hush my mouf"!! Last night it sounded like the African Savannah out there, as the main (fish) pond is now full of amarous frogs - they were really loud!
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Cabbagepatch · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

We have suicidal frogs - we keep finding a pair being........ well you know........... just inside the chicken run. Don't they realise chickens like to eat them? Shocked

Suppose their passion gets in the way of their brains Laughing

Must go and check the pond for frogspawn.