FROGS

[Jacksparrow]

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[Placido]

It must be true !! Into summer togs

[Jacksparrow]

I think my Frogs have sensed the imminent return of winter . I could detect no activity in or around the ponds today.

[Placido]

It must be true !! Back into winter togs

[nuthatch]

[Jacksparrow]

Now the thaw has arrived I took the opportunity to get rid of the pack ice which had formed on my ponds which was over an inch thick in places. I soon became apparent that the "disappeared" Frogs had been underwater for the duration of the big freeze. The very cold water seems to put them into a kind of stupor but a short while after the "bergs" had been removed they started to stir again.

[Placido]

Glad they're OK , Jacksparrow. Won't be too long before the taddies show .

[nuthatch]

Over an inch thick in places, wow. It must have been great to see them all again

[Jacksparrow]

The first blob of spawn appeared today Meanwhile elsewhere in the ponds I spotted about fifteen Frogs, some in couples the remainder bachelors.
I decided to get rid of the last bags of dead leaves from last autumn today and found three junior frogs about a quarter size of an adult. The breeding program is going well

[Placido]

A Frog Mountain - yaaaaaaay