Disappearing Tadpoles

[pusskin]

We have a small ornamental pond just for frogs.

its looking good and frogs around in the pond and pop up now and again.

Where have all the tadpoles gone? Have Magpies done an early raid i wonder?

[gness]

Have you checked for newts, Pusskin? x

[pusskin]

Hi gness. oh no, we've never had newts even when we had our big pond.
Have always wanted one though,I love them too.

[gness]

I like newts but went off them when they ate all the frogspawn... :-( x

[pusskin]

I'd hate that to happen to our frogs spawn gness.
Our frogs spawn has done so well in the last couple of weeks and suddenly in one or 2 days its all gone. They were too small to leave the pond.
Next year, we'll put a covering over the top but leave space for birds to feed.
Thanks gness, have a good day.

[Canary42]

Are you sure they're not frogs now ?

:)

[gness]

The worst that happened to me, Pusskin was when friends had no spawn. I had loads so I gave them a bucketful. It went too.... then they discovered two snakes were living in the rocks by their pond...I had fed my babies to flipping snakes! :-(

[pusskin]

Canary, they were far too small to be frogs already. lol.
They were still tiny ones swimming about going mad.

Gness, bet that choked you to know that the snakes had eaten the tadpoles.
Wildlife is wonderfull isnt it. thanks for chatting x

[pusskin]

GUESS WHAT!
last night we realised why all the tadpoles were missing from our ornamental pond.
Strange but true--they've been coming out in force when it gets dark!!!!
Just been out there again to have a peek, and there's loads of them all going potty swimming around. So,, force alarm abers. ha ha

[gness]

Ooooo....little devils! x

[boxtops]

Not the same beasties, but we always get a big ball of baby spiders in the redwood bush each year. We'd thinned the bush - no sign of the babies until yesterday, when I found a tennis-ball sized pile of them lurking in the chiminea. I've moved them into the lilac bush, they're so clever at re-forming their ball in their new home.

[pusskin]

Nature is wonderfull annit!. Feel so happy and relieved now, cant stop laughing.