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Willpar wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:09 pm Did look them up JS. looks like suet pellets. Some years ago i did read an item somewhere that a way to feed tadpoles in your pond is this. Cut a quarter inch square piece of beef and thread some cotton through it. Hang it on the side of the pond. Bring in at night.

Thanks for the tip Willpar I will bear it in mind if this years tadpoles are fussy eaters.

I caught a glimpse of a this years froglet this afternoon. They very often find their way on to the rockery which is next to the wildlife pond and that is where I spotted it. The class of 22 tadpoles have been very reclusive so I had no idea that any of them had reached that level of maturity.

Good spot JS.

The recent severe frosts put a 2 inch covering of ice on my ponds. I did my best to clear a small area every day but last week it had got too thick for several days. Today I found 3 dead frogs floating on the surface . There may be more to come when the thaw is complete.

That is bad news JS.

Jacksparrow wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:43 pm The recent severe frosts put a 2 inch covering of ice on my ponds. I did my best to clear a small area every day but last week it had got too thick for several days. Today I found 3 dead frogs floating on the surface . There may be more to come when the thaw is complete.

Final count was 7 dead frogs all mature adult size. I have had dead ones before after very cold weather and numbers do slowly recover.

That is a shame.

I regret to report that three more dead frogs have floated to the surface of the pond . It will be interesting to see how many have survived the frost when spawning starts in about 10 weeks time.

So sad js, hopefully will get plenty of spawn in a couple of months.

The frost didn't kill all the frogs. Three have appeared in the nature pond over the last couple of days . If it stays mild that number should increase in the next fortnight.