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My garden has a wildlife pond, and today I spotted the first frog-spawn of the season, I do not know how the cold blooded creatures do it this early in the year, when there is ice round the pond edges some mornings.

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Answer 1

Our frogs who have hibernated are active again but we don't get the same sort of spawn here since we have European rather than British frogs. Ours seem to lay single eggs all the year round and we always have tadpoles at different stages of development.

Answer 2

I've found that you can get a much better frog production if you add squash split into halves or quarter in the water for additional food.

Answer 3

Obviously, they have been busy. ♥

Answer 4

When I was young I played with the pollywogs and tried to find where the frogs and toads were hiding. The best spots were under the overgrown grass edges of the pond. I would only catch them to watch them swim away. If you were patient and listened you could usually tell where they were hiding.

Answer 5

Isn't that the miracle of water...expanding as it freezes.. !

Answer 6

Life finds a way, my ponds are completely frozen, right to the bottom and there will be life there come the spring.

Answer 7

That's amazing! I love frogs.


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