Frogs Galore - 5/06/2016

I spent today watching frogs in the pond.  Most of the tadpoles which hadn't developed last Summer have now started turning into froglets and therefore there have been lots of little froglets in and around the pond during the last few weeks.

Lots of places to hideaway

in Wildlife Pond #2,

look close and you start to see

them climbing up the plants:

A closer view:

I watched a few of them

swim across the pond:

I must have counted
around twenty in total.

The frog in the following photo
is the biggest visitor to my pond as of late
and I think he must be from the first batches
of tadpoles I had back in 2012 or 2013:

Frogs & Butterflies - 13/9/2015

I was able to spend some time relaxing in the garden this morning and managed to get some photos of the froglets that have now left the pond.  Some are are bigger than others as you can see in the photos.

I can spot four in the photo below,

can you see them too?

The little frog below had just exited out 

of the pond and climbed onto the rock.

Whilst putting away some garden furniture I discovered that some of the frogs that have left the pond have moved into one of the little sheds at the side of the house.  I'm not sure if these two frogs are ganging up on this spider or are just happy to be in it's company:

My youngest daughter found

a butterfly in the garden:

I think it's a 'Speckled Wood'

Froglet Gathering - 24/7/2015

I took these photos a couple of evenings ago but was treated to more of the same this evening when I went out to my pond.

Whereby a few weeks back my pond was full of tadpoles, now the little rocky area at one end of the pond is full of little froglets.  I must have counted at least thirty or so of them and as I counted still they kept coming out of the water.

Soon they will all have left the pond and before too long Autumn will be here and the leaves will be falling.  I will keep my fingers crossed that these little froglets one day make it back to my pond but in the meantime I'll be left of fond memories of watching them develop from frogspawn.

frogs amongst the rocks

froglet

froglet on the rock

hopping onto the rocks

a closer view

seeking shelter

frog leaving the pond

Froglet Departure - 20/7/2015

During the last couple of weeks, 

late each evening I've been going out

to my pond and spending a little time

watching the froglets leaving.

Last night I decided to take

some photos of their departure.

I can't believe just how many

little froglets have made it to

 this stage and are now taking

their first leap into the unknown.

There are still some tadpoles left,

but nearly all have grown limbs now.

four little froglets in this shot

two froglets sheltering in

a damp nook and cranny

time to move on