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    Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 4:39pm
Hello folks,
Had a wee wander at one of my local spots today thinking there wouldn't be aught about when I heard that beautiful noise, Frogs croaking.
Boy am I glad I went!  I counted at least 60 heads of adults in one 2 meter by 2 meter marshy pool.
Crazy stuff.
Anyways, to the good part - I did snap a few shots.

Sixty is the highest number I've ever recorded in one spot before, I have the distinct feeling that the rest of the local sites will fail to top that!

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Hi Erik

Welcome to the forum - and thanks for sharing the superb pics and excellent results

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Originally posted by Iowarth Iowarth wrote:

Hi Erik

Welcome to the forum - and thanks for sharing the superb pics and excellent results

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Hi Chris,
Sorry it never even occurred to me to introduce myself properly!  Ah well.
Cheers - this spot is good though more rural so the Frogs rarely see people, aiming at heading to a very much more urban breeding site where I should, hypothetically get a few better shots from 'tamer' Frogs, I hope!
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lovely pics too...what camera/lens to you use?

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Originally posted by tim hamlett tim hamlett wrote:

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lovely pics too...what camera/lens to you use?

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Cheers Tim,
These were all on a Canon EOS 1000D with the Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 lens - most at the 300mm zoom!  I think I was using 1/320 with ISO 400 and F8.0 for these.
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Excellent Erik, didn't see a thing today in the gloom here in Essex so nice to see a big healthy frog population and really great pictures Thumbs Up 
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Originally posted by GemmaJF GemmaJF wrote:

Excellent Erik, didn't see a thing today in the gloom here in Essex so nice to see a big healthy frog population and really great pictures Thumbs Up 

Thanks Gemma!  I'm interested to hear - is 'Frogging' season drawing to a close down that far south?
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Not at all, still waiting here in south-east Devon! My neighbour had 4 clumps of spawn appear in her pond last night and I'm still waiting.
Lovely pix and I know it's wrong to even think it but that frog seems to have a lovely expression.
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Unfortunately Erik in my bit of the world I don't see many frogs at all, so we don't have much of a Frogging Season. Was at a site today where there should be some frogs and not a sign of life. Still time though as Suz says because I don't think we've even really got started down here this year. Some of the few frog ponds I know locally are dried up completely, talk of a major drought here this year.
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Originally posted by Suzy Suzy wrote:

Not at all, still waiting here in south-east Devon! My neighbour had 4 clumps of spawn appear in her pond last night and I'm still waiting. 
Lovely pix and I know it's wrong to even think it but that frog seems to have a lovely expression.
 

That's strange really, but then I've just remembered you guys had a cold snap where we remained comparably mild - it all kicked off really quickly, a week ago - there was not a single Frog to be seen, means I need to get my act together with regards to recording etc - thought I had another week at least!

Originally posted by GemmaJF GemmaJF wrote:

Unfortunately Erik in my bit of the world I don't see many frogs at all, so we don't have much of a Frogging Season. Was at a site today where there should be some frogs and not a sign of life. Still time though as Suz says because I don't think we've even really got started down here this year. Some of the few frog ponds I know locally are dried up completely, talk of a major drought here this year.

That's a shame!  Frogs and Toads is about all I find in my neck of the woods - wouldn't mind a few more Newts & lizards or Adders, of course.
Plenty of time yet I guess!

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