Froggy is back

Mr or Mrs Frog is back in the garden, keeping guard on a lot of frogs spawn again.

Dead frogs

Unfortunately we found a dead frog in the garden recently, so it looks like one of the local cats caught it. Since we have not seen the second frog, it is likely that has also been killed. We are trying to do as much as possible to keep the cats away and are getting more successful. But it is hard when the owners do not provide the appropriate facilities or welcome for their own cats, by concreting over their garden.

The cats are attracted to our garden because it is more natural, but because fewer and fewer gardens offer wild life friendly features, it also attracts a lot of birds and other creatures. Hence the clash of cultures. Is it the end of the road for cats as pets? They require an industrial complex to produce food for them, which requires a lot of energy and resources. I don't see a lot of good in pet cats these days.

Mr and Mrs Frog

Two adult frogs appeared in the smaller garden pond in the last two days. I think they have returned to check out how the tadpoles are doing, which isn't very well in this pond. The tadpoles in the larger pond are I think doing better. Last year we had some baby frogs. A big problem we have is the neighbors cats, which may have already killed a bird in the last few weeks (trail of feathers seen but no trace of the bird carcase). Just hope the frogs don't get taken.

Whilst Havant Borough Council destroy Waterloovilles biodiversity, along with the culprits that concrete over their gardens to make room for another car. We try and help sustain what little we have left.

Frogs

We have frogs. The frogs spawn, produced a lot of tadpoles, which produced some frogs in the little pond. Just hope the local cats don't get them. We also have to be careful not to tread on one, since there is a path by the pond.

You can just see one a a dark patch of slime here

This shot shows two, one hiding under a pebble

A better shot of the hiding frog. 
Note the metalwork is to stop cats and kids.