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Peter Vaughan Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 170  View other posts by Peter Vaughan |
Posted: 15 Mar 2009 At a local pond today I saw more frogspawn than I've ever seen - I'd estimate 10 to 20 square meters of the pond surface was covered in continuous sheets of it. It was visible from 50 meters away. A picture of the largest area (there were several more) attached.
I also saw two toadspawn strings and many toads gathered in and around the frogspawn - including some with frogs attached (I'd have thought the frogs might have had enough...).
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tim hamlett Senior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2006 No. of posts: 572  View other posts by tim hamlett |
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 wow! peter, that really is amazing. tim |
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 Similar things happening at a few sites local to me as far as frogs grabbing hold of toads is concerned, maybe because the two species breeding times are overlapping more these days?
That`s a healthy amount of spawn Peter. Have you reported it to HCT? 
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Peter Vaughan Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 170 View other posts by Peter Vaughan |
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 Hello Peter I am in the process of putting all my records over the past few years onto MapMate for submission to the county reptile and amphibian recorder, who will forward them the county (Hampshire) Biodiversity Information Centre (HBIC). I am sure that HBIC in turn shares its records with national networks - but whether those include HCT I do not know for certain, I would hope so. I agree that it is important to record and report, as it may not be safe to assume that even a "well known" site is necessarily on decision-makers' radar. Returning specifically to frogspawn, in addition to the record above, there is a single clump in the very small pond in my back garden - the first since that was first put in place ten years ago! Peter Peter Vaughan |
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 [QUOTE=Peter Vaughan]I agree that it is important to record and report, as it may not be safe to assume that even a "well known" site is necessarily on decision-makers' radar. [/QUOTE] Absolutely. [QUOTE=Peter Vaughan]Returning specifically to frogspawn, in addition to the record above, there is a single clump in the very small pond in my back garden - the first since that was first put in place ten years ago![/QUOTE]
That WAS a long wait. Congratulations on their delayed arrival.
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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369  View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 Thats a key Common Frog site for the county! Using the spawn mat area we can estimate the number of females and hence estimate the population size..... J Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife |
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Baby Sue Senior Member Joined: 19 Feb 2008 No. of posts: 412  View other posts by Baby Sue |
Posted: 24 Mar 2009 Yay!  I wanted presents from lots of you. Snot fair that Ben Rigsby was the only one to send me Xmas & birthday presents. 
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lalchitri Senior Member Joined: 06 Jun 2006 No. of posts: 132  View other posts by lalchitri |
Posted: 28 Mar 2009 maxwell savage states in his book, that he once saw an estimated 5000 clumps in one pond. Reformed Teetotaller |
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Baby Sue Senior Member Joined: 19 Feb 2008 No. of posts: 412 View other posts by Baby Sue |
Posted: 30 Mar 2009 Big pond!  I wanted presents from lots of you. Snot fair that Ben Rigsby was the only one to send me Xmas & birthday presents.
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