Today I had millions of tadpoles in the morning and by afternoon they had all disappeared into the depths of the pond. There's still loads of spawn including a new blob laid around Wednesday or Thursday so lots more to go!
@Hostafan1 I don't know what your temperatures are like generally but it's been absolutely Baltic here and the pond has frozen over and stayed frozen on a number of occasions. They came back after that but surprisingly few seemed to have been damaged by it. Fingers crossed your's aren't finished yet.
I have just checked my pond after the Beast from the East had finished its freezing attack. To my surprise I have tadpoles hatched in amongst the spawn laid a month ago. I thought I had lost it all but despite the water being frozen enough for the dog to walk on there are survivors. A couple of the fish have even ventured to the surface this week, they do not usually start surfacing for another month so am not sure what is going on.
My next door neighbour gave me two clumps a couple of weeks ago. I only dig the pond in November and the plants are still tiny, but as their fish were eating the spawn I figured they at least stood a chance. I am obsessed now!
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There's still loads of spawn including a new blob laid around Wednesday or Thursday so lots more to go!
Cats and Magpies are fascinated