Frog spawn

As I have mentioned before, it has been a most strange year as regards frog spawn. We saw the frogs mating a month ago but there was not sign of spawn. The suddenly, a couple of days ago some spawn appeared. Now there is even spawn in one of the water features.

Friday 14th March 2008

 


The first frogspawn in the ponds...

Frogspawn

Ted Lawson, a fellow member of the Cheshire Amphibians and Reptiles Group, has kept a note of the date on which frog spawn has appeared in his Cheshire garden pond since its creation in 2001. Mine has yet to materialize but his appeared on 8/9 March. The records from previous years are:-
2007 5/6 March
2006 26/27 March
2005 10/11 March and 15/16 March
2004 13/14 March and 3/4 April
2003 11/12 March
2002 21/22 March