Frogs and relocation advice

Immaculata

So my mother has a pond in the back garden with many frog inhabitants. Unfortunately the liner's damaged and the water level has dropped. She plans to take out the old PVC liner and replace it with a rubber one next week. However, what about the frogs? She lives near Malahide Castle grounds. She was thinking of moving the frogs in covered, but not airtight obviously, buckets to the streams in the ditches there. Would that be acceptable to the frogs? Or would it cause them harm? Would appreciate any advice. Thank you.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Frogs do not live in water all the time. Adult frogs should be fine in darker or damp areas of the garden while the pond is repaired.

Immaculata

Thanks for that. But the garden is regularly used by six dogs. This normally isn't a problem for the frogs as the pond is fenced off. With the repairs, though, that's not going to be the case. So I appreciate your information, but I would still need to know if the castle's a good option for the frogs.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Are you saying adult frogs sit in this pond constantly at this time of year? Strange!
Moving them to a stream is totally unnecessary.

Immaculata

Trent Late Eyelash wrote: »

Are you saying adult frogs sit in this pond constantly at this time of year? Strange!
Moving them to a stream is totally unnecessary.

Well, I think moving them to a stream (if a stream is a good place for them) would be preferable to having them either squashed by the blokes repairing the pond or eaten alive by the dogs. :rolleyes: So that's why I'm asking the question about suitable habitats.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Any dark or damp area will do. They do not need to be put in a stream. A overgrown wooded area, a shrub bed, damp vegetation, a hedgerow or any such location.

griffin100

I was cleaning out all the crap we have at the side of the garage over the weekend and under the collection of broken toys and other stuff I found a few adult frogs. We are nowhere near a stream or pond but the field my house is in is quite boggy in parts. I just moved them to a similar part of the garden. I was delighted to come across them - I can add them to my 'collection' of 'garden animals' - frog, fox, hedgehog, rabbit, hare, mink, mouse, rat and my two favourites - buzzard on a fence post and a hovering kestrel in the garden.

Capercaillie

griffin100 wrote: »

I was cleaning out all the crap we have at the side of the garage over the weekend and under the collection of broken toys and other stuff I found a few adult frogs. We are nowhere near a stream or pond but the field my house is in is quite boggy in parts. I just moved them to a similar part of the garden. I was delighted to come across them - I can add them to my 'collection' of 'garden animals' - frog, fox, hedgehog, rabbit, hare, mink, mouse, rat and my two favourites - buzzard on a fence post and a hovering kestrel in the garden.

Dig out a small pond and you will have spawning frogs next spring.