Trug Pond frogs - the Next Generation

Hi there! We thought we ought to introduce ourselves - we are the second generation of Trug Pond frogs. Or rather we are Trug Pond tadpoles at the moment; the result of two batches of frog-spawn removed from a larger pond full of monstrous fish and spawn-eating snails.

Here's how the Trug Pond looks this year:


The piece of slate under the flower pots on the left is actually a frog house in which seven of our brethren from last year over-wintered. Two of them are visiting the Trug Pond tonight. I hope they are going to be friends, because at over 2cm long they are quite capable of eating us!

There are at least six other frogs around the garden at the moment. Our mother is easy to spot as she is considerably bigger than the others. There are two adult males, who spend most of their time in the big pond and three juveniles who have been around the garden for a few years now.

Here's one of the froglets who grew up in the Trug Pond last year, emerging from the frog house:



There is quite a lot of other interesting life in the Trug Pond now it has matured - most of it looking quite tasty. This includes a fast moving silver grey shrimp-like creature which we see from time to time. There has been some discussion about this on the Wild about Britain forums but nobody has worked out what it is yet. It will probably be edible when we are big enough - that's the main thing.