Saving Frogs...

[rossyt99]

Hello, (I Was not sure where to put this little story, but this should be a suitable place..)

Anyway, me and my Dad were set a task of removing and filling in a 6ft pond at my sisters house, which she had recently purchased. The house had been unlived in for approx. ten years and we had to get rid of the pond for my young nephew> as not good safety-wise!
It took us a while to empty and pull out the plants/lining, and when we got nearly finished about 15 frogs appeared, jumping about the garden.
So, I decided to store them in buckets in short-term time, with the aim of re-homing them in a nearby reservoir.
The water was absolutely stinking and almost black> and we could not believe those frogs had lasted in there for so long!

After the task was done, I carried the buckets about 2 miles to the nearest reservoir and it was a joy to see them released into a new, cleaner and far bigger home. (There was even a little baby frog which was tricky to catch!)

Just thought I'd share the frog story on here, and it shows how they can live in very mucky waters.

Croak Croak..

 

[rossyt99]

My sister rang today, as another Frog has appeared ontop of upturned soil in Garden>.....another trip to reservoir on cards...

 

[cokers]

arent reservoirs the place where they store water for human use? like drinking , toilets, sinks and showers. if they sre i dont dont someone would like and frog to pop out of their sink or bath

 

[three-fingers]

They add tonnes of chlorine and filter the water loads of times using various methods before it gets to your tap .

Most reservoirs have lot's of fish in them, and frogs will be there in the thousands already...

 

[rossyt99]

I should have said 'Nature reserve', as the water is only used as a sanctuary for fish, ducks-and frogs...
People use it to fish in (with a license) and there are wooden seating areas around it.

It's known as 'The Ressie' and this probably made me subconsciously type; 'reservoir'.

>No dirty frog will affect water supply (hopefully)