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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 1:54pm |
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I found one of my friends dead in my pond yesterday! IÆve never seen a dead friend before. |
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MORG
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You are lucky, I have now found 22 dead altogether in my 3 ponds, Im definately not expecting lots of spawn this year, thats if I get any at all |
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3rd one floated up today + 1 palmate newt. Maintained large saucepan shaped hole covered with polystyerene box for the second week of the fortnight the pond was covered in thick ice during December. Lots of palmate newts back in pond but can only see 1 live frog this week.
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hi,
same as during the cold spell last year i broke the ice on my larger pond every day during the snap. as best i could without provoking an inland tsunami and as far as i could reach with a spade. maybe that helped. no mortalities here seen some bloaters in other local ponds though. i couldnt break the ice on the small pond. the waters gone a suspiciously funny colour in that one. like a cowpat with rain gathered on it. but not spotted any dead uns in there yet either. so far. ben |
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22?!!!! How many frogs do you think your ponds contained in all? Do you think theyÆre all dead? ThatÆs a huge amount of deaths.
I never see my frogs alive in winter and I sure as hell ainÆt putting my hand in to see what I can grab. Wonder why some die and some donÆt. This is so sad.
I went to the local golf course pond and thatÆs about 10 metres long and about 2 foot deep in the deepest bit and thereÆs no floaters there. Glad your big pondÆs ok Ben. Are you gonna investigate why your small pond has turned to slosh? |
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I have just spotted 1 live frog in my smallest pond Ive no idea how many frogs my garden amphib sanctuary supports in all, and honestly didnt think it was that many frogs I really cant see there being many frog returns now as it looks like almost all decided to overwinter in the ponds rather than the logpiles and specially created underground hibernaculum where they would have been safe from the weather. Thats going to upset the newts as they usually feast on frog tadpole each springtime
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Just a thought. If itÆs scientifically proven that frogs survive the cold better by being out of water should we all be grabbing the things from our ponds and shifting them out in winter? Are they defo more likely to survive by being out or do frogs actually know better? If I were more intelligent and knew more about frogs IÆd consider stealing a batch and locking them in a large container with winter food for them so that in spring I could let them out and theyÆd still be alive. Wish it was as simple as that and IÆd way love some pet frogs, IÆd even bring them indoors if I could.
In winter do frogs actually hibernate and go to sleep or are they just sitting there awake but conserving energy?
Glad youÆve got one live frog MORG, hopefully thereÆs still lots left but hiding that you donÆt know about. Does this forum not have a thread to show off everyoneÆs ponds? Cos IÆd love to look at what everyoneÆs ponds look like and compare and take tips. Edited by Baby Sue |
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I found one dead frog floating in my pond after the big freeze ended. with temps down to -15C here in East Devon there was no way I could keep the pond ice free. I've never seen a dead frog in my pond before - would they always float? It's just one of those things. Very upsetting for folk to have lots of fatalities.
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