FrogFest continued..

 The pond was completed just in time as it was only a couple of days before the pond was full of frogspawn!

At this stage I left the pond well alone to allow the spawn to develop and see what happens. I was hoping the pond would be well enough established by the time the tadpoles were ready so there could be enough food for them to be successful.

There was fairly warm weather during this period and so the tadpoles began to come out in a couple of weeks and suddenly there was a boom of activity in the pond.

Hundreds and hundreds of tadpoles all started spawning. It appeared that the majority of the frogs had dispersed by this time, only one was seen occasionally popping up to the surface but there is a possibility that there were more still in there.

 

I was concerned considering how new the pond was, that there was not going to be enough food availability yet. After some research I went and bought some fish flakes and sprinkled some in, triggering what can only be described as a feeding frenzy. Originally I wasn't sure how they would take to them but clearly tadpoles are quite keen on goldfish flakes!

Currently the tadpoles seem to be developing well, the weather has been incredibly good and has created ideal conditions for them. So hopefully they will have some success and I will see a few froglets in the near future!