A frog in the garden

Ever since we have lived here we have had a frog in the garden but we only see it occasionally. There may be more than one but we only see one at a time. We only see it once or twice a year and last year we had a hot summer and didn’t see it at all. This year we have also had a hot summer but yesterday morning after a it had been raining I saw it on the path.

I went back indoors for my camera and the frog was still on the path when I returned. I took a photo of it facing me and then it turned sideways and I managed to get a close up. It then jumped away into the flower border and disappeared.

Frog on the path

Close up of the frog

It’s quite a big frog and quite beautiful. I am really pleased to see that it is still here.

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4 Responses to A frog in the garden

  1. Sophie says:

    Absolutely love frogs! xx

  2. marion says:

    Love the frogs, we have loads in the garden, even though its quite a few years that we got rid of our pound.We also have a toad, who has lived here for quite a few years. I call him big toad. Last year we saw one baby toad, this year I have seen two.

    • Carol says:

      I have always been surprised that we see a frog almost every year and yet have no pond. Our frog is big so I wondered if it was the same one and how long they live.

      I have just googled it and was really surprised. It said that common toads live 10 – 12 years but common frogs can live up to 21 years. That means it could be the same one. It says adult males grow to 9 cm and adult females grow to 13 cm. Trying to visualise our frog I would say it is between 9 and 13 cm. I will take out a ruler next time I see it.

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