What type of eggs are these?

airsofter1234

I have a pond in my back garden with loads of frogs and every year 4 or 5 lumps if frogspawn will be in the pond, but this morning when I was looking at the frogspawn I came across a patch of what looked like black eggs on a rock beside the pond. I am unsure whether they are eggs and if so what species they belong to.

swifts need our help!

I think they are frogspawn that have dried out or disposed of after the female was eaten

laoch na mona

swifts need our help! wrote: »

I think they are frogspawn that have dried out or disposed of after the female was eaten

is that it? our yard was full of them last year, would it have been a result of cats killing the frogs or something like that?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

laoch na mona wrote: »

is that it? our yard was full of them last year, would it have been a result of cats killing the frogs or something like that?

Not at all. Frogs do not tend to their eggs but disperse after spawning. These eggs just look like some that have dried as they are now out of the water. This is quite normal and a sizeable portion of spawn is lost each year but there is still plenty to sustain the species.

airsofter1234

But they are on a rock that is never under water, about 6 inches above the water level.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OK. All I can suggest is that it was spawned there during the spawning frenzy. They will spawn anywhere when the height of mating is in full swing.
I assume there's still plenty in the pond itself?

airsofter1234

Ye there are at least 3 other large lumps of it, the piece that dried up is only small about the size if the cap off a milk carton, Thanks for the answers 😊 I was really curious about what it was.