Frog spawn 2025

[xx99xx]

Who's got some and where?

Still waiting for my 2 year old pond to accommodate any sort of wildlife.

[OutInTheShed]

Seen a fair bit about, including some on a dry path on Saturday up on the moor.
Hopefully the epic rain on Sunday washed it somewhere more viable?

[bimsb6]

Normally i get the frogs in my pond around May getting jiggy jiggy.

[Japveesix]

We had our first blob on Feb 2nd then a little more a week or so after that. Then over the last few days they've been very busy indeed and the pond is now stuffed full, I'll have to get a picture.

We're in Bristol.

[Snow and Rocks]

Will be a while yet I think here on an Aberdeenshire hillside but will keep you posted. Usually loads about in both our ponds and various ditches dotted around the garden.

[Silvanus]

Frog spawn around Surrey Berkshire border, not spotted toad spawn yet, but not been to the right spots.

[Silvanus]

xx99xx said:

Who's got some and where?

Still waiting for my 2 year old pond to accommodate any sort of wildlife.

I know there are different schools of thinking, but why not give it a helping hand.

[Happy Jim]

Devon, in a puddle (yup)!

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

I don’t tend to get frogspawn in my pond.

Instead, I get newts - hundreds of them. They have started arriving in the last week. I don’t mind the lack of frogs - newts are much cooler! And they stay longer - they’ll be in the pond at least until May.

When I was scooping out dead leaves a couple of weeks ago, I was catching lots of baby newts. I believe these are ones that didn’t complete their development last year and have overwintered in the pond.

xx99xx said:

Still waiting for my 2 year old pond to accommodate any sort of wildlife.

That’s very surprising. When I dug my first pond, it had newts in it the following spring, plus dragonfly nymphs and all manner of insects and larvae. And my current pond is the result of stripping that one down and rebuilding from scratch in autumn 2023, and likewise it had newts the very next spring.

What’s the access like to your pond? Can wildlife get in and out easily, and is there plant cover around the pond to provide protection to creatures transiting to and from it? Do you have aquatic plants in the pond itself?

Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Wednesday 26th February 08:35

[xx99xx]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

That’s very surprising. When I dug my first pond, it had newts in it the following spring, plus dragonfly nymphs and all manner of insects and larvae. And my current pond is the result of stripping that one down and rebuilding from scratch in autumn 2023, and likewise it had newts the very next spring.

What’s the access like to your pond? Can wildlife get in and out easily, and is there plant cover around the pond to provide protection to creatures transiting to and from it? Do you have aquatic plants in the pond itself?

Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Wednesday 26th February 08:35

Access is good, grass leading to mossy edges with a pebble shelf extending to the middle. It's next to a border so plenty of nearby plants. There are some plants/vegetation in the pond. It's small though and not that deep - maybe 1.5m x 0.5m and about 40cm at the deepest.

I've seen adult frogs in it last year so they can definitely get in and out so just wondering if it was still too early.

[55palfers]

Nothing to report from my pond yet. Had a few patches of spawn last year so hopefully the critters will be back.

[Richie Slow]

Most amphibians will return to their origins and look for the pond that they are from. You will be fortunate if you have built a pond from scratch and they just appear. That would probably be from a loss of habitat elsewhere.

[Byker28i]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

I don’t tend to get frogspawn in my pond.

Instead, I get newts - hundreds of them. They have started arriving in the last week. I don’t mind the lack of frogs - newts are much cooler! And they stay longer - they’ll be in the pond at least until May.

When I was scooping out dead leaves a couple of weeks ago, I was catching lots of baby newts. I believe these are ones that didn’t complete their development last year and have overwintered in the pond.

xx99xx said:

Still waiting for my 2 year old pond to accommodate any sort of wildlife.

That’s very surprising. When I dug my first pond, it had newts in it the following spring, plus dragonfly nymphs and all manner of insects and larvae. And my current pond is the result of stripping that one down and rebuilding from scratch in autumn 2023, and likewise it had newts the very next spring.

What’s the access like to your pond? Can wildlife get in and out easily, and is there plant cover around the pond to provide protection to creatures transiting to and from it? Do you have aquatic plants in the pond itself?

Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Wednesday 26th February 08:35

We put a large plastic bucket in last year, it had wildlife in it quite quickly, plus frogs from next doors pond used it as a stop over. I put a large log as a bridge to it. No frog spawn yet, too early?

[S6PNJ]

xx99xx said:

Who's got some and where?

Still waiting for my 2 year old pond to accommodate any sort of wildlife.

Me!!

Over here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[xx99xx]

A load of spawn appeared today. Finally. Thought I was going to miss out this year. Seems quite late but better late than never.

[skeeterm5]

We have both frogs spawn and toads spawn in our pond in the Highlands, noticed it a couple of weeks ago.

Some of the frogs spawn has hatched into tadpoles.

[Byker28i]

I got some from next doors pond. Our little bucket pool has frogs in it, and plenty of tadpoles now