Ponds are great

[Funky_monks]

Pool frog maybe? Never seen one they're very rare.

Edible frog more likely

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Wonder how many people would listen to a fake politics podcast about the frogs. 'She's eaten a bee! How will her campaign ever recover?'

there must be some amphibian / politician puns out there. i'm slightly annoyed i can't immediately think of any though

 

[frogwoman]

Haven't seen this one before I don’t think.

 

[frogwoman]

I hope people aren't finding these pictures annoying btw x

 

[frogwoman]

At least 3 frogs in the pond today, bathsheba seems like she's squashing a small one though

 

[Epona]

I hope people aren't finding these pictures annoying btw x

Good grief no, I like seeing the photos and hearing about them - and it's your pond thread after all
If any ne'er-do-wells for some reason don't like it, they just won't come in to have a look. Please carry on!

 

[frogwoman]

I don’t know if this is the same one as yesterday but I think it might be the one that was living in the daisies on the side of the patio under the hose.

 

[frogwoman]

Well hello.

 

[frogwoman]

I think his (?) Name's going to be Hopwood unless anyone can suggest anything better

 

[surreybrowncap]

How about Touchwood as in Catweazle..
(I know it was a toad)

 

[frogwoman]

I have no idea what was happening here the one on top was female so they were probably just chilling. Fuck knows though

 

[frogwoman]

Here's Hopwood and a small froglet in the top photo

 

[frogwoman]

 

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[frogwoman]

Hopwood seems to really like sitting beside the pond and looking over it.

 

[Epona]

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It's not just the frogs that look great, what a gorgeous pond! I love the brick/tile edge, that's lovely.

 

[frogwoman]

It's not just the frogs that look great, what a gorgeous pond! I love the brick/tile edge, that's lovely.

Thanks, it was here when we moved in

 

[frogwoman]

Thanks, it was here when we moved in

my sister's baby came for the weekend, he was having a good time too.

 

[frogwoman]

Bathsheba is looking pretty well fed

 

[BristolEcho]

Love the pics.

 

[frogwoman]

Saw Bathsheba jumping out of the pond. She's huge

 

[frogwoman]

Is it stupid for me to worry about the frogs during the heatwave and since I've gone away for the weekend?

 

[Epona]

Is it stupid for me to worry about the frogs during the heatwave and since I've gone away for the weekend?

They will almost certainly be fine unless your pond is near to drying out. I'd be more worried about fish, if you have any of those.

 

[frogwoman]

They will almost certainly be fine unless your pond is near to drying out. I'd be more worried about fish, if you have any of those.

No don't have any but was pretty distressed to see some fish struggling in the canal

 

[oryx]

We've been worried about our fish, who have not been coming up to feed (they usually shoulder-charge each other out of the way to get to the food at this time of year).

My OH saw them the day before yesterday and they came up to feed but not since.

We think it could be either that they're eating algae and are quite happy with it, or are traumatised by the sound and vibrations from next door building a man-cave about two metres away.

I don't know about frogs tbh. Like Epona I would think they'd be fine if there's plenty of water.

 

[frogwoman]

Well, fuck, found a clearly dehydrated and exhausted frog in the middle of the road near my house. I didn't take it to the pond in case there was something wrong with it (it was very sluggish and didn't really try to escape when I picked it up.) I placed it in someone's flowerbed and hoped for the best really. There's been a big downpour but I don't know whether it's too late. I'm really upset about it tbh, that and the fact I found a hawk moth caterpillar in need of rescue on the pavement in Cheltenham this morning

 

[frogwoman]

I think some or all of these may be new or at least infrequent visitors

 

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[frogwoman]

This is either a new frog or Bathsheba has lost a bit of weight