Where to collect frogspawn - Huddersfield area

[blunderer]

I know this is not strictly fishing related, but some of you guys must be able to help me here!

I need to collect some frogspawn this spring and even though I spend my life on rivers and lakes, I cannot remember for the life of me the last place I saw some. Maybe because everywhere I go it gets eaten by the carp.

Has anyone got any suggestions for anywhere near me in Huddersfield? Has anybody seen any yet? It's probably a few weeks early.

I dug the kids a pond last year and would really like them to see the life cycle of frogs - or toads - partly to attune them to become anglers as they get older. I can't trust the frogs to find the new pond because the gardens totally enclosed to keep our chickens in, Apologies it's not strictly fishing related but as a relative newcomer to the area I'm a bit stuck as to where to turn. A bunch of local anglers have to have some answers.

Thanks for any help...

[nick88]

Last year when fishing reedsmire on the mirfield book it was black with frogspawn in the edges. It's the pond down Cooper bridge on the water treatment works on the left before you get to the roundabout.

[allan61]

I would have to say that all amphibian species in the UK are protected so technically you should not do this, (or at least not get caught doing this) but......So far as the Common Frog is concerned, as I understand the rules you can collect some spawn "providing that you have the consent of the landowner and that you do not try to sell it".

However, don’t take loads and don't take whole spawn clumps - take a few from each clump! There are around a 1000 embryos in a clump of frogspawn - a dozen or two would be enough to start a new pond and for children to watch tadpoles grow. The reason why you should never remove entire clumps is that in doing so you remove ALL the offspring of a frog pair, leaving the pond minus an entire genotype and cause "inbreeding" in your pond.

Also NEVER put fish in the same garden pond as tadpoles, and if possible for the first few months after introducing them protect the pond from birds (particularly blackbirds) and of course your chickens, who will also eat them when they become froglets and start to leave the water. In the wild up to 95% of frogs never get past the early tadpole stages without being “food” for something and even small goldfish will eat the lot in a confined space.

[blunderer]

Thanks to both of you, Allan, I will follow all that advice. The pond is secure from birds and the chickens stay in their coop.

Has anyone seen any spawn this year yet? It's probably a few weeks too early I'd have thought.

[suggsy]

I'll ask r lass where she gets it cos I'm sure I just had some for mi tea .

[robbush]

I'll let you know when they spawn in my pond pal and you can come and take a bit,usually end up with loads

[blunderer]

Feb 26, 2015 21:07:40 GMT robbush said:

I'll let you know when they spawn in my pond pal and you can come and take a bit,usually end up with loads

That's a really kind offer. I will take you up on that if you don't mind. Thanks so much

[robbush]

No problem,I'll be in touch when they spawn

[blunderer]

A big thanks to Rob for sorting this for me.

[mickthetroll2]

Just nipped outside to my workshop,

as i walked past my bottom pond, there were at least 8 male frogs on the surface, and probably a female or 2 underneath them.. but what a racket..

Spring seems to be upon us.. 

Mick

[Deleted]

I just found frog spawn in my pond i am thinking of taking it out as i got fish in it

[blunderer]

If you've got carp they'll eat it