Spawnwatch 2016

Just wondering if people would mind posting their sightings of frog-spawn so we can see where abouts in the UK it is starting to arrive - it has been very mild in the South East with plenty of frogs in my pond so am expecting some hopefully in the next few days...

Hi Chubsta,

As i previously posted in the 'Herp a day' thread, an ISPOT contributor saw frog spawn near Tiverton, Devon on 28/01/16 and i noted my first of 2016 in a dingy roadside pond in the same county on 01/02/16:





Light frost last night but i've been keeping a regular watchful eye on my ponds and out and about searching in Glos during the last few days. Not seen any yet though.

Edited by Liz Heard - 11 Feb 2016 at 8:31pm

I think you're right, based purely on probability we must be due a cold snap before mid/end of March...

I looked back through a few emails and discovered that some years my neighbour didn't have frogspawn until the very end of Feb or even the first two weeks of March. I visited yesterday and he didn't have any. Also had forgotten that some years ago I'd had frogspawn in my pond and that also appeared at similar dates. So although we are in East Devon we aren't an early spot. 

frog activity has completely died off in my pond, no sign of any over the last couple of nights and certainly no spawn - night temperatures are just above freezing so i guess that is to be expected.