There was a bit of water in the bottom and a frog had jumped in. Not only did we find the frog but there was also some frogspawn.
We've got a teeny tiny pond in the garden and though there's often frogs in it, there's never been any frogspawn. They obviously prefer our watering cans because when Mick looked in the second one we've got there was a frog in there too.
We carefully tipped both frogs and the frogspawn in to the little pond, I'm sure they'll be much happier in there than in a watering can. When I looked yesterday, the frogs has been busy, not only was there the frogspawn we'd emptied in from the watering can, there were fresh clumps too. You can see some here right on the surface of the water and if you look closely, there's some submerged too right by the side of it.
I'm not sure that this clump on the side of the pond is going to make it though. I tried to slide it in to the water but it's well and truly stuck to the plastic lip of the pond.
Perhaps we'll get some tadpoles this year.
How lovely that you rescued the frogs and spawn, hope you have lots of little tadpoles soon! x
ReplyDeleteI don't know how the frogs would have got out of the watering cans had we not found them. I do hope that the frogspawn turns in to tadpoles.
DeleteHow exciting! We get frogs in our garden, we don't have a pond but next door does. Molly, one of our cats is fascinated by them and spends hours searching them out and watching, (making) them jump.
ReplyDeleteWe've always had frogs in the garden even before we got our little pond so I think someone nearby must have a pond in their garden. We used to have a cat who was fascinated by them too, he used to pick them up but he never hurt them. He'd just lay them down and watch them jump about. It must be a cat thing if Molly does it too.
DeleteI hope you get your tadpoles, Jo. The frogs are just waking up in our pond. P. x
ReplyDeleteI do too. I've hoped for baby frogs ever since we put the little pond in.
DeleteHow exciting! :o)
ReplyDeleteIt is. I wasn't sure the frogspawn would survive being moved but I've got higher hopes now that fresh frogspawn has been laid in the pond.
DeleteIt is amazing that they prefer a watering can to a pond, fingers crossed for the tadpoles.
ReplyDeleteIt is. I don't think they'd have managed to get out if we hadn't found them.
DeleteHow exciting! Frogs are one of the many reasons we want to get a pond into our garden - probably not this year, but perhaps next.
ReplyDeleteMy pond is tiny but it's amazing how much wildlife it brings in to the garden. A couple of years ago I found a newt underneath a log I've placed at the side of the pond.
Deletehow exciting! On my walk there is standing water on the roadside and we see tadpoles every year. I've been looking this spring and so far nothing yet.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll see some soon. Frogs tend to go back to the same places year after year to spawn.
DeleteGood for you, and fingers crossed. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my fingers firmly crossed.
DeleteI'm sure you'll get some frogs, Jo, there's quite a lot of frogspawn there. That'll be good for the garden! what will Archie make of them? xx
ReplyDeleteI hope so. Archie will probably run away from them, he's such a wimp.
DeleteI hope you get lots of tadpoles - then you can spend hours watching them as they develop! When we lived in Indonesia, we lived in a company compound, which had a swimming pool. The dopey frogs used to leave frogspawn in the pool!!
ReplyDeleteTadpoles are such fascinating things, the way they change in to frogs, I do hope we get some so that we can watch them. Urghhhh, I don't suppose many people used that swimming pool once the frogs had done their stuff.
DeleteHi Jo
DeleteDon't worry, the pool was cleaned out every morning by the pool boy!
It's a good job. I wouldn't have fancied swimming amongst that.
DeleteOh, I hope you get some tadpoles and then some frogs. We've never had a pond but neighbours have and I can remember being out tending the flower beds with frogs jumping around, they certainly surprised me and made me jump - but great to see - yes, they came into ours from next door!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Me too. We do get quite a few frogs in the garden even though we've never had frogspawn in the pond before, they do make me jump when they suddenly spring.
DeleteSo cool Jo! I hope many of them make it and you did get tadpoles. Wishing you a lovely weekend ahead. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI hope we do get tadpoles this year, I've been hoping for them ever since we put the pond in.
DeleteIt's a good job that you found them or they would never gave managed to escape.
ReplyDeleteI know. I've learnt my lesson now, the watering cans are being left empty and on their sides. I don't want to be responsible for any froggies being trapped, or worse.
DeleteHi Jo,
ReplyDeleteHow exciting for you - hope you have lots of tadpoles and then frogs.
Only seems the other day I used to take the children to a pond and we would watch the tadpoles and then see the frogs - they loved those trips.
Happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
I'm hoping for an increase in the frog population so that they can help me keep down the number of slugs marauding around my garden. I remember learning about tadpoles at school. We had a tank in the classroom where we could watch them evolve and we too took our kids to different ponds to see them. I'm not sure what it is about tadpoles but kids seem to love them.
DeleteHow exciting Jo. I haven't any frogspawn in my pond as it's small like yours but we have plans for a bigger one this year so fingers crossed. I hope it develops into tadpoles for you & more excitingly baby frogs xx
ReplyDeleteExtending your pond will be a great project. I'm a big fan of having water in the garden, even if it's a teeny tiny pond like mine, it still attracts so much wildlife.
DeleteWell it must be a good time for frogs all over the place, as we had hundreds of tadpoles in our pond this summer too and saw quite a few of them leave as wee little frogs. Have a good weekend and take care.
ReplyDeleteWe had tiny frogs all over the garden a couple of years ago, they hadn't come from our pond though so I think one of the neighbours must have a pond in their garden. I do hope we get our own this year.
DeleteHi Jo! Cute little frogs and I love to hear them 'sing' at night! Thanks for popping in to see me and I hope you have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteBe a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
I love seeing frogs around the garden, they help me keep those pesky slugs at bay.
DeleteBe interesting to see what happens xcx
ReplyDeleteI know. I really hope we get some tadpoles this year.
DeleteWe sometimes get the odd frog in the garden. No idea why as there's no water anywhere near us that I know of. Thomas would love watching the frogspawn to see what happens. We thought about a raised pond a couple of years ago but never got around to doing it. Shame really, I like a bit of water in a garden. xx
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what it is which captures children's imaginations where frogspawn is concerned but they all seem fascinated by it. My two loved pond dipping when they were young but we never had frogspawn in our own garden. You could always put a small pond in the garden, ours is only 84cm x 64cm but it's amazing how much wildlife it attracts.
DeleteI wonder who got the biggest shock Jo - Mick or the frog? Fingers crossed for an increase your frog population this year.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I'm not sure. I do hope we get some tadpoles and then frogs.
DeleteHow exciting! Fancy laying the spawn in a watering can!
ReplyDeleteI know, perhaps they couldn't find the pond and were in a rush.
DeleteTadpoles are so much fun! When it rains really hard an area of my neighbors yard gets flooded and we can always find them swimming around happyily in that area.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Meredith
Goodness, that must be some flooding. It would be great if we could get some tadpoles in our pond this year.
DeleteI do love frogs and frogspawn, I have quite a lot again this year and most of it has hatched already! I've only ever seen 1 newt in the pond, but I'd love more.
ReplyDeleteIt seems early for the frogspawn to have hatched but at least you know it's made it. I'm hoping mine does too. I've seen one newt too, I'd love to have more.
DeleteI hope they all hatch for you Jo, this year we had spawn in our pond for the first time it has now become a teaming mass of tadpoles.
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant news. I hope mine do as well.
DeleteAhhh, what a lovely froggy tale. I'm so glad you freed the frogs and now have frogspawn. Now you'll have frogspawn every year in your pond, once the visit they always come back.xxx
ReplyDeleteI'm just hoping that the frogspawn turns in to tadpoles. Time will tell.
DeleteHow lovely, silly frog making its home in the watering can....
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe how happy he looked sitting there. I'm so glad I found him though.
DeleteWhat a wonderful find. Hope you get lots of tadpoles.
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Me too. The frogspawn is still there but no sign of tadpoles yet.
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