Moving a frogs location...

[funkylad20]

Is it bad to move some common frogs from a now defunct an derelict pond in a village back to my garden and nice pond which is about 10 miles away? We are renovating a garden, getting rid of the pond and I have found some frogs. We have a great pond at home they will love, just worry about homing instincts for breeding that I heard frogs follow each spring; is that true?!

[ladybirder]

Not really, as you may be aware there is a serious threat to our native amphibian populations through the introduction of Chytrid disease which is caused by a fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that infects the skin tissues of amphibians.
Ecologists are having to disinfect all equipment that comes in contact with any watercourses that may contain amphibians. This will hopefully slow or reduce the spread of this disease.

So unless the pond is very close and all the amphibians’ part of the same metapopulation then please leave them where they are.

Ta

Just found the above from a Wild Britain website.

[Ratty2E]

Leave them where they are they will find a new pond. ladybirder is right about disease we have had a few really bad years and loads of dead frogs. I wouldn't risk either transferring disease to your area or if you already have it in your local population you could be condeming these ones to a horrible death

[ladybirder]

By the way funkylad, your pond will probably attract its own frogs before very long so there is no need to import any. Make sure that you make it frog friendly and leave some long grass and a small pile of logs so that they have somewhere to hide from cats. Good on you for having a pond, everyone should have one.

[funkylad20]

Thanks, we do have a fair few frogs already, and newts and toads. Quite established with some big koi and other fish and lots of planting. I even extracted all of the frogspawn this year, put it in two large containers by the side of the pond and there are lots of tadpoles, lots! Majority about to grow their legs I think so the survival rate away from the fish is huge this year, which is great! Thanks for the advice people :)