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Bubbles on surface of pond?

JodeJayJodeJay Posts: 73
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Evening all, Excuse the daft q but I noticed small bubbles rising to the surface of my pond today and I've not seen this before. Do you think it could be underwater amphibians causing them? I've not seen any frogs but I do hear plopping noises when I approach so I assume that's them diving in. The frogs seem to be very quiet at the moment though. Think I've given them too many hiding places as I hardly see them whereas last year I had 5 frogs at this time. The pond is over a yr old now and I'm still to see any newts in it but I keep hoping that one will take a fancy to the pond.
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    Might be the oxygenating plants making oxygen



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • JodeJayJodeJay Posts: 73
    Hi Nut,

    Oh yes I didn't consider that. Thx
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,549

    Our pond got a puncture in the bottom thanks to a heron. We had to bale the whole thing out in double quick time and find temporary homes for all the plants and fish. In doing so we found that we were also playing host to dozens of toads, frogs, newts and hundreds of invertebrates such as dragonfly nymphs.

    Even though you can't see them, they will be in there.

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • JoybellJoybell Posts: 126

    Hi, 

    I noticed the small bubbles in the pond but could not find anything, so I went out at night with a torch and found 15 newts lying just under the surface of the water, they seem more relaxed when it's dark, hope this helps.

  • JodeJayJodeJay Posts: 73
    Thanks guys,

    I'm going to go out tonight when it's a bit darker and have a look. I would so love my little pond to attract a newt image
  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    I had all these bubbles coming up really quite a lot the other day, I put it down to the plants. lots of the mud from the bottom started to rise to the top with them and my pond looked very murky for a day or too, but then heavy rain fell and now it's back looking clear again. I would so love to see newts too, going to go out with a torch once it's settled a bit more.

  • JodeJayJodeJay Posts: 73
    Jack, I really hope we both have newts turn up soon. I've been out every night with a torch but nothing yet. image
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,985

    Newts breed in water but they don't spend all their time in water.

    Sometimes they lurk under seed trays

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    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,549

    Aw shucks, they are so cuteimage

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • JodeJayJodeJay Posts: 73
    Aww, I will have a look under my pots tomorrow night image
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