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ben rigsby
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Joined: 27 Apr 2010
No. of posts: 337


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Posted: 18 Jun 2010
hi folks,

hope your herping year is a happy one so far!

here in GLOS, SW, i now have some froglets fully metamorphosed but hanging around the edges of my pond. other, shadier ponds i visit still have latter-stages tads though.

beautiful blue damselfly couplings flit by.

newts are annoyingly hard to observe owing to water murkiness and extensive plant growth but i did see a male vulgaris earlier. crest diminished but still very spotty.

curiously, male smooths have always been the commonest newt in my pond. so far. and ive got all three natives.

however, from a botanical point of view my gardens an exhibition of classic paintings right now with yellow flag, watercress, brooklime, travellers joy, herb robert and herb bennet all currently in full bloom. ragged robin is almost there.

if you didnt look up at the fence youd never know you were in a city. maybe i should buy a vizor.

shame the amphibians are hard to see! (no reptiles recorded sadly. yet.)



whats going on where you live?
has froglet dispersal passed? theres not been many good wet nights here.

ben
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tim hamlett
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Joined: 17 Dec 2006
No. of posts: 572


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Posted: 18 Jun 2010

hi ben

same as you mate with some full metamorphs and some still to get their back legs!

only seen one smooth newt recently...a very pale crestless male looking like he was ready to jog on.

tim


kevinb
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Joined: 18 Mar 2009
No. of posts: 61


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Posted: 19 Jun 2010

The single frog that spawned in our pond was later than in other ponds due to waiting for a male to turn up, I found him by some junk at the side of the house and introduced them, next day, spawn. The tadpoles are still busy swimming around and have reached a large size but no sign of legs yet.

Last weekend whilst sitting at the pond edge I watched a red Damselfly land on an emergent plant and slowly walk backwards down the stem until her whole body including wings was submerged. Once she had finished laying, she crawled back out and just flew off.


Bullseye
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Joined: 04 Apr 2007
No. of posts: 9


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Posted: 02 Jul 2010
Two weeks ago all I cold see were big fat taddies with back legs,one week ago froglets everywhere !.Lots of them still hanging around edge of the pond,have to be careful where I walk and a great excuse not to mow !.
"I'm not saying there shoud be capital punishment for stupidity,but why don't we take the safety labels off and let the issue resolve itself ?."

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