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PsYcHoTiCMaDmAn Member Joined: 05 Oct 2008 No. of posts: 9  View other posts by PsYcHoTiCMaDmAn |
Posted: 06 Oct 2008 Lots of toads around here, around july/august I was seeing at least 1 every night.   these photos had me lying on the wet stony drive trying to use car headlights to focus with. ended up resorting to AF. but only the once...      (1p piece for size comparison) rescued these from the sandpit, but brought them in for a few decent shots first. |
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 Interesting pictures. Any ponds near to you? 
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PsYcHoTiCMaDmAn Member Joined: 05 Oct 2008 No. of posts: 9 View other posts by PsYcHoTiCMaDmAn |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 there's a couple lakes within a miles radius (fishing ones though.) I have a pond, however its not very accessible for frogs/toads/newts as its based in a 1/2 whiskey barrel. I am planning a bog garden/pond area, but that's still got to happen, there also is a stream about 200 meters down the road. there are also lots of trenches in the garden. as it's still somewhat of a building site, and the ground retains water very well, so there is usually a decent depth of water near the foundations of the garage |
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448 View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 [QUOTE=PsYcHoTiCMaDmAn] there's a couple lakes within a miles radius (fishing ones though.) [/QUOTE] Fishing lakes can be very good for toads- I know of a couple that have very large toad populations. Might be worth visiting them on a spring night to have a look for breeding toads... |
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 Caleb, Why is that? Are Bb tadpoles less palateable or distasteful to some fish than Rt tadpoles? Your statement about fishing lakes is certainly the case locally to me. The tadpoles were chiefly in the shallows however. There are some large carp in the lakes that I am thinking of. There are also palmate newts but Rt tadpoles are confined to the smaller pools and ditches around here.
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448 View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 Yes, toad tadpoles are generally more distasteful than frog tadpoles (though some fish will take them). Toads generally prefer large waterbodies, and there aren't that many large ponds or lakes that aren't used for fishing... |
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Baby Sue Senior Member Joined: 19 Feb 2008 No. of posts: 412  View other posts by Baby Sue |
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Great pics!  I wanted presents from lots of you. Snot fair that Ben Rigsby was the only one to send me Xmas & birthday presents. 
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