The tadpoles are growing fast feeding on the algae in the garden pond. Double-click image for a closer look.
© Peter Hillman ♦ 8th April 2020 ♦ Rear garden, Staffordshire ♦ Nikon D7200
Teeming Tadpoles
The tadpoles are growing fast feeding on the algae in the garden pond. Double-click image for a closer look.
© Peter Hillman ♦ 8th April 2020 ♦ Rear garden, Staffordshire ♦ Nikon D7200
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Wow!
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Awesome! So wonderful to see tadpoles, a good sign for a healthy amphibian population in your area.
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Thank you 🙂 This the second year we have had tadpoles in the garden pond, so very happy 🙂
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That’s a lot of future frogs! I hope their survival chances are good.
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It sure is! Sadly usually only a few will survive and mature into frogs.
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Wow! Wonderful you have an amazing ecosystem established for all kinds of friends!
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Thank you very much, Sandra. It is only a small pond only a few feet ’roundish’ but it has established itself now and fortunately it is attracting some nice wildlife to the garden. The birds also like to drink and have their bath in their, too 🙂
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Another lovely, lively and interesting photograph. I love the sound of frog choruses at night.
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Thank you, Anne 🙂 Yes the frog chorus is very soothing.
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Looks very promising for a good leap (-frog) year!
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🙂 It sure does! 🙂
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That is an amazing sight.
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Thank you, Irene. The sun caught them just right in the pond. I noticed at night they all huddle tight together.
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Your garden will be alive with frogs if they all make it to adulthood. What a lovely sight.
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Thank you, Vicki. Nature over compensates, but hopefully some will survive to become frogs.
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It will be a lot of frogs! Wonderful!
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Hopefully, Anki! Thank you 🙂
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Wow…great!!! Will wait for the frog 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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They look like they’re practicing for being adults and going the the “Mating Ball”.
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My pond is only small, but there is still room for them to spread out if they want to. Must be a safety in numbers thing.
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Oh wow, new life bursting forth, or rather swimming forth. Will you still see them when they become froggies?
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I had quite a lot of tadpoles last year and only a few survived. But I did see a few of the resulting toadlets in the garden hanging out later on in the season, which was great.
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Great picture of your little pond teeming with tadpoles. Unfortunately, it will not be long before heron or other birds cut down the numbers.
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Thank you, Geri 🙂 No herons yet, thankfully. A Magpie hopped in there the other day and I thought it was all over for them. But it only wanted to bathe! There are three other frogs in there, too, but they seem intent on trying to catch the damselflies.
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Maybe some more photos for us.
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This photo reminds me of my childhood when my sister and I would “play” with the tadpoles in the stream behind my house. Really, we would just watch them. I am trying to “like” lots of your posts today because usually I can’t do any “likes” for some reason. I am tech challenged. Anyway, really like this photo and your updates on the little froggies.
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I really appreciate that and your likes, Pam. I sit near my pond and have watched them swimming in the water, and they are like little fishes. It is very relaxing 🙂
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Nice! Our grandkids are really interested in tadpoles right now!
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Thank you, Ellen! 🙂 They are fascinating to watch and develop 🙂
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