11/10/2023 0 Comments Do frogs hibernate uk![]() If you want a “wildlife” pond, try and create lots of “edge” by having an irregular shape to the pond and also make sure that there is plenty of shallow water as this is what many creatures look for – including frogs to lay spawn in. You are quite likely to get frogspawn in the first spring, maybe newts and almost certainly dragonflies! I would probably simply buy a couple of oxygenating plants from a reputable garden centre (put the wrong, invasive plant in and you will forever be trying to get rid of it!) and sit back to watch the way it evolves. That’s one way of course, but it is also fascinating to observe how quickly wildlife will colonise the new pond without a helping hand. ![]() When people put in a garden pond, they are often eager to fill it immediately with plants, bring in frogspawn and put the obligatory goldfish or two into it. As long as there is a successful breeding season every now and again to replenish the local population, it appears that these woodland frogs are doing all right. ![]() Some years these ruts hold water long enough to raise froglets, but in others they dry out, killing all the tadpoles long before they are old enough to survive out of water. This was very much brought home to me when I came across a frog in a wood, miles from any water - or so I thought! I later discovered frogspawn in some ruts that the forestry workers’ machinery had left behind. Frogs are really only reliant on water to breed, spending most of their adult life stomping (or should I say jumping) around the countryside! So, where have these frogs spent the winter? Well, the answer is that frogs hibernate in all sorts of places, some choosing the mud in the bottom of the pond, others preferring to find places such as log piles, under garden sheds or in cavities within stone walls. Depending on the weather and how warm the temperatures are, February normally sees the first frogspawn appear in our ponds and ditches showing us that spring is, hopefully, only just around the corner.
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