Fresh Clouds Of Life

(found in the mountains last weekend — some of the parent froggies were still watching/guarding nearby... biggest clouds I've seen so far)

The frog spawning season is on. #Nature #Biodiversity #FrogSpawn #Spring

Spring is here, and I'm being serenaded by singing frogs. Here are six things from my garden for #SixOnSaturday

and on the blog:
https://balmerino.ddns.net/geekygarden

Large patch of #frogspawn from above and below the water in a #pond at #WWTCastleEspie

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #amphibian #frog #commonfrog #spawn #eggs #freshwater #shotoniphone #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide #pondlife

#Frogspawn

Ponds and puddles UK-wide start to fill with frogspawn in early spring – the ideal spot being shallow, well-vegetated and partially shaded. Frogs often return to breed at the pond where they were spawned, but while they lay vast numbers of eggs in jelly-like clusters, only about one in 50 will survive to become adults. The young fall prey to everything from dragonfly larvae and newts to water boatmen, birds and hedgehogs.

Photograph: Brian Mckay/Getty Images

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#frogs