Froglets!

It seems a long time since I took the frog spawn out of our pond but at last I have returned the first of the froglets to the garden pond. They have developed well on a diet of flaked fish food and algae and I'm sure it won't be too long before all the tadpoles have become frogs.

Tadpole situation

I have had to return a load of tadpoles to the pond as there were far too many for the size of the baby bath. The remaining tadpoles now seem to be growing faster and the largest ones have started to develop tiny legs as well as looking more like frogs every day. I have placed an old piece of flowerpot in the bath for them to clamber on to as they develop further. With the poor summer we are experiencing there are few photo opportunities around the pond. The most frogs seen at one time is now 8 but I am certain that there are far more than this.

Busy pond!

I counted no fewer than seven frogs in the pond today including one juvenile who is only a third of the size of the others. I am sure there are more still, they just didn't make themselves visible today. The plants in and around the pond are really growing now and the whole pond area has a summer feel to it.

First Dragonfly of the summer

The pond is really coming to life now with various insects being seen in the vicinity of the water and the odd frog sunbathing on top of the floating plants..

Growing tadpoles

The tadpoles which I rescued from the pond and placed in an old baby bath tub are really growing now on a diet of lettuce leaves and pond weed. I have put a tiny amount of crushed fish flake in also but can't tell if they are taking this. The tadpoles which were left in the pond seem to have diminished though they may just be hiding from the fish.

First post

I have decided to set up a Blog relating specifically to our garden pond as it offers so many photographic opportunities and I want to record the pond in it's various stages throughout the four seasons.

Although we have had this water feature since 1999 and have seen frogs in it periodically it is only within the last couple of years that the frogs have taken up permanent residence and this spring is the first time we have had frog spawn in the pond.

I have taken advantage of the current spell of unseasonally good weather to use my new camera and this is my first selection of photos. I am fairly happy with the macro feature in the zoom lens which is a Tamron 70-300mm model.

Over the course of the summer I hope to get lots of shots of pond life including my dozen fish, dragonflies and the plants which grow in and around the pond.