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dave n dogs
Member Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 13 |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2004 at 4:21pm |
Hiya folks, Last year was quite good for amphibians in my area. I witnessed an increase in spawn laying, some wonderful colours in the wee creatures. I guess it will be 5 or 6 weeks now before the first arrivals. I hope the newts make it back later on. The park at the bottom of the street has a model boat pond, not used now. It does have a good growth of underwater weed, home to all manner of aquatic life, migrating ducks find it and a pair of swans. They are here now with well grown sygnets. Last year half a bucket of relocated spawn produced thousands of froglets, much to the amusement of local kiddies and the amazement of myself and other pond keepers using the park. I wonder if it will be similar this year. That 'relocated' spawn came from another local park, rescued from flooded vehicle tracks contaminated with diesel fuel (shame on you, you council). I could have collected dozens of buckets full, if only I had somewhere for it! For the past several years my fish pond has attracted increasing numbers of frogs, it's not well suited for taddies, so I move some of them to old baths and storage containers previously planted up. The taddies grow big, black and fat, a suplement of fish pellets and clean chicken bones does wonders. I do carry out partial water changes, always adding some from my main pond. It contains those microscopic elements vital to the food chain. There is one frog I always recognise, he's a resident. Hope to see him soon along with other 'visitors'. "Bring it on". dave n dogs
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The wee frogs are returning. I saw three this morning, entwined at the depth of the pond. It was not obvious at first, I thought I had a dead body, so I netted it to find two frogs 'embracing' and a very dark 'black' frog in the net. He is not the boy who resides here each year. that guy is older. They have been returned seperately, for how long?. I wonder if anyone else is witnessing activity now. |
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