Tag: frogs

  • Tadpoles

    The tadpoles have hatched in my pond. These little ones are sunning themselves in the warm shallows. No, those are not legs or arms sticking out of their sides, but gills. That’s what they breathe with before they metamorphose into air-breathing amphibians. Strangely, a new dollop of Frogspawn appeared this morning. Someone was a bit…

  • Frogulation

    The temperature is rising, there’s a gentle rain and the cats are going crazy because the pond is heaving with frogs. They are croaking away, singing sweet songs of love to each other and there’s a whole load of spawning going on!

  • No Frogspawn.

    I guess the frogs need to do a lot of croaking and a lot of wooing before they get around to spawning. I’m off to visit two schools in Rhyl in North Wales today, so I’ll probably miss all the fun! I was surprised to see tadpoles in an infant class this week. They must…