Wildlife Photography across the Water: Frogblog

Sunday 14 March 2010

Frogblog

OK apologies for the corny headline, but thought I would do a number of posts this year on the progress of the frogs in my garden pond.

I woke a few up last weekend while doing a load of clearance work in one part of the garden. There were three adult sleepy frogs, so I relocated them into the pond, where I had seen at least one moving. I placed them at the edge and watched to see if that's where they wanted to go and sure enough they did, and swam to the depths.

Today while continuing that work I disturbed four little froglets, probably lasts years. So I took these to the pond too, and again in the hopped.

It was while looking out of the window this morning, I saw an unfamiliar shape sticking up in the open water of the pond. A quick scan with the binos revealed it to be the first mating pair of the year.

On closer inspection, I also saw two additional couples.

So I should be expecting the first clutches of spawn fairly soon. Last year I observed at least ten mating adults and will now be listening out late at night for the croaking chorus.

Will keep you posted on the frogblog

Martin

Original content posted at http://wildlifeacrossthewater.blogspot.com

2 comments:

robbieb14 March 2010 at 20:17
Hi Martin, I'd never have thought that we'd have frog spawn here on Unst before you guys down south, saw our first lot on Weds.

Robbie
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WPATW14 March 2010 at 22:02
It was only just over a week ago that we stopped getting ice on the pond Rob, so I guess they are bit sleepy still
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.