Today in pictures - Page 172

davemac · 25-09-2012, 21:12

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Originally Posted by susie123

Last shots from Lancaster last week plus one or two photoscaped ones.

Priory church and castle from traffic lights by the hospital, full zoom from the other side of town
Water tower on old mill
Priory church from the road just before crossing the Lune out of town
Luneside view on heading home to Morecambe. The V shaped supports are for the Millennium cycle bridge across the river
Raindrops on mahonia leaf, greyscale
Old fungus on tree stump closeup
Hogweed seedhead closeup
Hollow in top of tree stump, closeup

Like the droplet, and the tree stump has character. More close ups please.

kestrelx · 25-09-2012, 22:42

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Originally Posted by susie123

Great shots Dave, really capture the force of the water and I love the frog toad (?) one. Still raining here, perhaps a start on an ark might be a good idea?

Yes that is a great shot of the common frog - here are a few I took, in a tiny pond in a local community garden;

susie123 · 25-09-2012, 22:46

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Yes that is a great shot of the common frog - here are a few I took, in a tiny pond in a local community garden;

Love those - wish I could encourage frogs in my tiny pond - never seen one yet after five years!

kestrelx · 25-09-2012, 23:44

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Love those - wish I could encourage frogs in my tiny pond - never seen one yet after five years!

This pond is about 5 - 6 metres square. Why don't you get some frog spawn from a bigger pond and put it into your pond - that might work!

susie123 · 26-09-2012, 08:12

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

This pond is about 5 - 6 metres square. Why don't you get some frog spawn from a bigger pond and put it into your pond - that might work!

Yeah keep meaning to do that every year especially as my neighbour gets tadpoles in a bucket sized area! if he can do it so can I!

kestrelx · 26-09-2012, 08:50

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Yeah keep meaning to do that every year especially as my neighbour gets tadpoles in a bucket sized area! if he can do it so can I!

Does the pond have any vegetation, plenty of mud and other life forms for food? If not you need to develop that. Also have some wood pile near by with long grass - as frogs go in places like that in the winter.

susie123 · 26-09-2012, 10:01

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Does the pond have any vegetation, plenty of mud and other life forms for food? If not you need to develop that. Also have some wood pile near by with long grass - as frogs go in places like that in the winter.

Oh yes got all that just no frogs! This is in a town garden but same thing happened when we lived in the country, literally in a cottage in the middle of a field. I dug the pond myself, nice muddy bottom, plenty of plants, logs round the edge, lots of grass, but no frogs. Plenty of them in the garden but none in the pond, they must have been breeding elsewhere.

Must be me, frogs just don't like me - I'll never find a handsome prince!

kestrelx · 26-09-2012, 13:05

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Must be me, frogs just don't like me - I'll never find a handsome prince!

You could write to Springwatch or Autumnwatch as it's called at this time of the year- perhaps Chris Packham may be able to tell you why the frogs don't go for your garden pond!

Don't tell me when you get some frogs your going to kiss them all just in case?

Gremlin · 26-09-2012, 14:21

I made a little pond in our garden a long time ago and managed to get a bucket of frog spawn from one of the fishing ponds on the farm.
I took a few photos but they turned out awful but one has a frog on it, there were a few hedgehogs who cam for supper every night. My wife used to put food out for them.

maxthecollie · 26-09-2012, 15:36

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Yes that is a great shot of the common frog - here are a few I took, in a tiny pond in a local community garden;

Great pics they look like monsters from the deep

maxthecollie · 26-09-2012, 15:37

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

I made a little pond in our garden a long time ago and managed to get a bucket of frog spawn from one of the fishing ponds on the farm.
I took a few photos but they turned out awful but one has a frog on it, there were a few hedgehogs who cam for supper every night. My wife used to put food out for them.

Love the hedgehogs.What did you feed them on?

DaveinGermany · 26-09-2012, 17:43

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Must be me, frogs just don't like me

Wouldn't worry to much, any Brit worth their salt aren't overly fussed on frogs either.

Gremlin · 26-09-2012, 18:10

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Originally Posted by maxthecollie

Love the hedgehogs.What did you feed them on?

Just used to give them some dried dog biscuits which we had for the guide dog puppies. We also put a bowl of water down for them.
They came very evening. It was very quiet and you could hear them crunching the biscuits so we knew they had arrived.

davemac · 26-09-2012, 18:46

Nice wildlife theme developing here, why are kes's frogs covered in split lentils........(I know, I'm just being silly)

davemac · 26-09-2012, 18:52

Today in Pictures, due to the deluge nothing much to present today.

1. On the canal there are plenty of these.
2. This was right on the edge, one slip and its breast stroke.
3. Followers of this thread will remember this location when it was awash with Himalayan Balsam flowers, now its like me, its all gone to seed, with a dew drop.