"Dominic Lloyd" wrote in message
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i am putting a small garden pond in, and want to collect some frog / toad
spawn, and was wondering if anyone had noticed if the frogs / toads have
spawned in the north west yet.

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From my own experience they will turn up anyway quite naturally. However
putting some frogspawn in yourself will speed things up and those that
survive will return to spawn. Have you got a lawn?, you will not be able to
cut it for several weeks around mid June as the young frogs will be jumping
all over the place after emerging from the water.
I have not seen any in my pond yet, I live in the S/E. It is still a bit
to cold.