Ponds are great

[frogwoman]

Not surprising id say this given my username but meet Bathsheba.

 

[frogwoman]

Tiny one popped up today, I'm calling them Ezri as I'm unsure of the gender. There's at least 3 and probably 4 regulars but the others stay hidden in the folds of the pond a lot of the time.

 

[frogwoman]

Here's Ezri lol

 

[weltweit]

When I bought a house with a great pond there were some apparently Italian frogs in residence.

They would call out rrr rrr grrick grrick grrik ..

For some reason they either didn't stay or died out because the next year there was no sign of them.

 

[frogwoman]

I was a bit worried she was struggling to get out of the pond yesterday but the water levels have risen during the night so it was hopefully a bit easier and a bit of a softer landing.

 

[weltweit]

I was a bit worried she was struggling to get out of the pond yesterday but the water levels have risen during the night so it was hopefully a bit easier and a bit of a softer landing.

You could make a wildlife ladder ..

 

[frogwoman]

 

[frogwoman]

I saw a toad today, not in the pond but at an area of bushes at the back. No picture unfortunately but good to know it's there.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

toadally

 

[friedaweed]

I love this time of year. Another emerging member of the garden from the pond.

 

[l'Otters]

I’ve been asked to help make a pond at a friends allotment so that’ll be a project

There’s already a frog in the area she said she was weeding near the spot where the pond is going and put her hand on something slimy, turned out to be a frog. No harm done phew.

 

[contadino]

Not sure if I'd claim this is a pond, but it's a new water feature. Half a whisky barrel sunk into the soil with a pond liner, stones, water and marginal plants. It's only been there for about 4 weeks, and the local blackbirds keep battering the plants, but there's already a lot going on.

 

[weltweit]

I love this time of year. Another emerging member of the garden from the pond.View attachment 323159

That's a great shot, lovely sharp detail. What camera did you use?

 

[friedaweed]

That's a great shot, lovely sharp detail. What camera did you use?

On me phone chuck. It's the close up lens on the Samsung S20.

 

[frogwoman]

The big frog kinda squashed the little frog, it had to fight it's way to the surface lol

 

[Guineveretoo]

Are they frogs or toads?

My pond gets taken over by toads every year, who are very noisy for several weeks, and then wander off to which garden/allotment they live in, leaving tadpoles behind.

The pond is currently full of tadpoles, with an occasional noisy toad plaintively calling for a mate.

 

[frogwoman]

Are they frogs or toads?

My pond gets taken over by toads every year, who are very noisy for several weeks, and then wander off to which garden/allotment they live in, leaving tadpoles behind.

The pond is currently full of tadpoles, with an occasional noisy toad plaintively calling for a mate.

They're definitely frogs. I found a toad tho

 

[Guineveretoo]

I prefer frogs - toads make my skin crawl a bit - but I do wish the toads would hang around in my garden and eat the pesky slugs.

 

[weltweit]

On me phone chuck. It's the close up lens on the Samsung S20.

Well it has a great closeup lens then

 

[frogwoman]

I prefer frogs - toads make my skin crawl a bit - but I do wish the toads would hang around in my garden and eat the pesky slugs.

I like toads tbh. The oldest one lived for about 50 years. I bet it had seen some shit

 

[Pickman's model]

I like toads tbh. The oldest one lived for about 50 years. I bet it had seen some shit

it would have been ribbeting.

 

[campanula]

O, me too, contadino. I also did the half-barrel thing about 6 weeks ago. I definitely think it is the best thing in the garden this year. I have fish in it so I have a filter...which makes a lovely trickling noise. The whole things feels oasis-like. I am absolutely loving it (and so are the birds)

 

[friedaweed]

This is my favourite time for pond gazing with a brew.

 

[frogwoman]

Anyone get snails drinking from the pond? Went out now there's about 10 of them.

 

[campanula]

Ah, there are no snails (or slugs) in my garden, froggie, after nightly torch patrols and daily 'hunt the hibernaculum' forays. They are removed to the park across the road.

 

[weltweit]

I miss my pond !

 

[weltweit]

My problem with my pond was that it hadn't been cleaned out for ages and had a lot of silt. Consequently the filter used to get blocked which was an emergency because it cut off the circulation and thus the fresh and oxygenated water on which the fish depended.

I was the only one who knew how to clean the filter.

 

[weltweit]

I had three types of fish in my pond, two massive coy carp, four or five medium sized gold fish and a whole load of smaller gold fish.

On one day of my residence next to my pond there was a torrential rainstorm and when I went back to the pond all the numerous smallest gold fish had expired and were floating belly up.

It seemed odd that it was only them that were affected. I never found a satisfactory explanation.

 

[frogwoman]

Saw a diving beetle at the weekend, it's a sign the water is clean. Looks like a black and very fast kidney Bean.

 

[frogwoman]

Hello Bath