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Re: FROGS
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:50 pm
by nuthatch
Re: FROGS
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:00 pm
by j0nh22
Re: FROGS
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:37 pm
by Jacksparrow
Every year when the spawn has developed well around August time the froglets leave the ponds on the hunt for small prey. I have posted photos of them about the size of a one pence piece and light tan in colour. As the autumn wears on I still find them but nearly twice as big as when the leave the pool. The next time I see them(if at all) the following year they are quite a bit bigger but very much resembling their adult colour and form. While looking in one of the ponds today a froglet appeared not much larger than the new ones I see most years. It is much too early to be this years model so where has this Peter Pan of the frog world been for the last 6 months.
Re: FROGS
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:15 am
by Placido
Wonder whether it is in fact 'this year's model' ?? After all, so much is so early so far this year. The cuckoos were an entire month early in beginning their journey northwards - blueys house-hunting in March
- a General Election 3 years earlier than planned - maybe a few early froglets ??
I'd believe anything nowadays
Re: FROGS
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:19 pm
by Jacksparrow
There is one possibility I hadn't thus far considered. It is known that late developing Tadpoles sometimes overwinter in that form and continue to adult form when Spring arrives the next year. It is possible my little frog was one of these.
Re: FROGS
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 8:26 pm
by Jacksparrow
Re: FROGS
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:21 pm
by nuthatch
Re: FROGS
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:46 pm
by Placido
amazing, Jacksparrow. Hope Monday night's frost didn't catch them without their jumpers
. (See what I did there?)
Re: FROGS
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:02 pm
by Jacksparrow
Re: FROGS
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:15 pm
by Jacksparrow
One of the 18 Frogs in and around my ponds today