Frogs and other wildlife

Last post 22-05-2012 8:40 AM by sue1002. 20 replies.

• 24/02/2010 12:32 AM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 5,230	Reply | Contact That sounds splendid AlexS, we don't have a pond at home but we have a pond and a swamp area at the stables, so how many frogs have you got living at your house then? where do they go in the winter? digger Sage of the fells

• 02/03/2010 01:12 AM	In reply to
  The Hedge Folk Location: Somerset Joined on: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 663	Reply | Contact Our address is nicer. And it's co.uk Don't be , it's all . We really do and trees. Hello to everyone who got nice plants from us over the years! How are you? We're still   - just like your , hopefully... heart The Folk "> www.ashridgetrees.co.uk

• 02/03/2010 01:22 AM

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  The Hedge Folk Location: Somerset Joined on: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 663

  Reply | Contact You said originally: I'm in the middle of London and they can't find their way to my garden. Can you make your garden less secure against frog sized intruders? A big brick wall won't mind a little hole in it (much). Frogs are great climbers: ivy or similar climbing plant on each side of the wall will give them a ladder in. The animal in your heap is probably a rat.  www.ashridgetrees.co.uk

• 02/03/2010 04:23 PM	In reply to
  geoff51 Location: Totton, Hampshire Joined on: 13 Feb 2009 Posts: 187	Reply | Contact Gardeners are amusing Salesmen are not Geoff51 Pond life!?!

• 22/05/2012 08:09 AM

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  Julie Location: London Joined on: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 410

  Reply | Contact Two years later and I have seen two frogs in my pond . I don't know if they were the result of some frog spawn I put in a few years ago (although I never saw any tadpoles) or if they found their way there, maybe in the dry weather some weeks ago now? Whichever, I am so excited to finally have frog(s) in my garden pond after over 10 years of trying/waiting! Actually now that I'm posting these pics, I'm wondering if they are the same frog, just grown bigger after some weeks? Or is the second one a toad? I don't have much experience with frogs/toads so I don't know. This is the first one that appeared in March.  This one I saw last week.

• 22/05/2012 08:40 AM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,464

  Reply | Contact  That's two beauties you have there Julie, they will help eat any slugs that are probably lurking about. We've got plenty of toads in the garden, I sometimes see them during the day when they are hiding behind pots or under plant foliage when I'm weeding and we quite often hear and see them at night when they come out to feed on the plentiful supply of slugs and snails around here. sue1002