Plenty of sunshine in recent days means lots of light and warmth, which means the Common frogs (Rana temporaria) have been doing their thing in the pond at Lavernock Nature Reserve, and there are now huge clumps of spawn. Some of the little black dots already look to be developing, though, apparently, only 1 in 50 of these eggs will grow to frog-hood. I’ll be keeping an eye on them whenever I pass through this way.
56/365 Frog spawn
25 Monday Feb 2019
Posted 365DaysWildin2019, amphibian, nature, spring
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Our visiting frogs have not yet arrived… when they do, I’ll know spring has properly arrived. 🙂 (But we’ll have to guard against pheasants eating them – we have up to 23 female pheasants and 4 males visiting our garden every day at the moment!)
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That is an awful lot of pheasants. Do you have breeding / shooting estates near you?
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We live near farmland so yes, but thankfully not within viewing distance.
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How exciting to see Frog spawn. I did not know that Frogs were called Rana temporaria. I like that very much – it doesn’t take much to please me…
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🙂
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Great to see this. Hope it’s not killed by frost. We’ve checked a few ponds on our walks in the past few days and not seen any spawn in Buckinghamshire yet.
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This is the first I’ve seen and, to be honest, I’m more concerned about the dogs that are allowed by their owners to frolic in this pond, even though it’s in a nature reserve. Fingers crossed some of this spawn makes it!
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