Froggy threesome

froggy threesome
Originally uploaded by fred pipes

After a winter of my garden pond looking very barren and empty - and for several days coated with ice and snow - suddenly the frogs are back! I can hear them plop into the water as soon as I come out the back door, but if you're patient they will eventually surface again. The other day I counted six of them! Where have they been? There is even already an early blob of spawn in amongst the reeds.

Frogspawn

frogspawn
Originally uploaded by fred pipes.

My froggies have given birth in the garden pond I built for them - more than a month earlier than they did last year!

A frog he would a-wooing go

froggies
Originally uploaded by fred pipes.

All that work building a pond in my garden last year has paid off! The frogs are back and are currently mating... Last year I snapped them mating right at the end of March! Is this evidence of global warming? Hope the pond doesn't freeze over. Wonder how much frog spawn survived from last year?