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ben rigsby Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 No. of posts: 337  View other posts by ben rigsby |
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 in some garden ponds here in glos (SW) there are still a small minority of common frog tadpoles. long after the rest of the spawn clump has departed. even ones yet to sprout back legs. got any late developers where you are? Diversity. |
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lalchitri Senior Member Joined: 06 Jun 2006 No. of posts: 132  View other posts by lalchitri |
Posted: 28 Aug 2010 I still have plenty in my pond and had about 30 over-winterers last year. Reformed Teetotaller |
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ben rigsby Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 No. of posts: 337 View other posts by ben rigsby |
Posted: 18 Sep 2010 spotted a still-legless taddie again today (17 september for christs sake!) 
perhaps its neotenous.
ben Diversity. |
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Donny Senior Member Joined: 11 May 2004 No. of posts: 53 View other posts by Donny |
Posted: 23 Sep 2010 I used to wonder what would happen to the tiny toadlets still crawling out of my parents garden pond in chilly October weather. I've always thought overwintering tadpoles ought to be a pretty common thing in the UK, given our crap climate. It seems to be prettty common with newt efts. At least where I grew up in Scotland well grown newt tadpoles were pretty visable in the garden pond on warmer days and nights even in winter.
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Baby Sue Senior Member Joined: 19 Feb 2008 No. of posts: 412  View other posts by Baby Sue |
Posted: 26 Oct 2010
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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I was gonna ask about if tadpoles that are around now just die, good to know they can survive the winter. 
I thought theyÆd of died what with them being so small, I thought cold and ice would kill them. I spotted one when I was de-weeding my pond a couple of weeks back and the golf course pond that has loads of tadpoles each year still has lots.