I am posting this on here as i know a few members live close to Carsington Water.
A very sad sight today ,a wildlife pond at Carsington that we pass on the way to the bird hide had quite a number of dead frogs in it,we can only think they had frozen to death in the recent cold weather ,i hope this isn't a thing we are going to find in other places .

I live in Upton, Wirral. Last year I installed a wildlife pond. This week I found 4 dead frogs in it. Last year, in a smaller pond I was cleaning in early spring, I found a live frog hibernating. Yet this pond had also frozen over. I wonder what is different this year?

CS

i have discovered around a dozen dead frogs in the garden pond, its all vey sad indeed, think it could be the bad weather and constant freezing temps during late december thru to mid jan

I went walking on Harting Down last weekend and on passing what it is marked as a "Dew Pond " on my map I decided to go and take a look for any signs of life - instead I was confronted with the sight of many many dead frogs

I can only imagine that as Harting Down is quite high (for the region) and it was a dew pond - it just froze solid so no luck to anything living therein

I hope the water vole survived!

Oh dear, I best go and check my pond sometime soon. Thing is, I leave the house in darkness and return in darkness. I won't be able to check untill Sunday. Best not tell my missus if I find any or she'll throw a mary fit - she loves her frogs.

Yogi.

This post was last modified: 11-02-2010 08:23 PM by Yogi..