On 2007-04-26 10:34:41 +0100, Huge said:

On 2007-04-26, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-04-26 09:04:10 +0100, Huge said:

On 2007-04-24, Pete @ www.GymRatZ.co.uk
wrote:
Mogga wrote:

Would you not be plagued with returning frogs?
I'd keep the pond and make it safe and have a lidded sandpit
elsewhere.

Frogs are fantastic.

Our pond (when I was a kid) was "un cared for" and far more interesting
for the wild-life it attracted.
And frogs eat slugs and other garden un-friendly creatures.

Every small pond is a living breathing nature reserve.

:¬)

We've been (unsuccessfully) trying to establish frogs in our pond for years.

The newts eat the spawn/tadpoles.

Easily fixed. Breed some in an aquarium and release them in the autumn.

I tried floating a plastic box in the pond, with some very fine mesh over it to
allow water circulation, with the spawn in. Two interesting things happened;

- You could watch the newts patrolling round the box, waiting for dinner
to be served.

- The tadpoles vanished.

Newts are certainly tenacious. It's surprising that they have become
so scarce in many areas.