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Quick answer
Creating frog-friendly features like ponds, compost heaps and
log piles will encourage amphibians into your garden if it is
accessible to the local population.
Further
information
Amphibians require ponds to breed, so adding a pond to your
garden is the best way to encourage them. Consider size, shape
and location of your pond before starting work; avoid adding
fish as they will feed on spawn (see
Just Add Water).
If you do not have a pond (or space to create one), your garden
can still benefit amphibians and they may make use of it if
there are water bodies near by. You could think about a bog
garden or small water feature instead.
Amphibians spend the majority of their life on land and make use
of a variety of habitats in which they forage, shelter and
overwinter (hibernate). They will use log and stone piles, long
grass, compost heaps and even nooks and crannies under your
shed, decking or greenhouse. Habitats that provide shelter, stay
damp and provide a good source of insects and slugs to feed on
are particularly beneficial.
Common toads usually migrate to ancestral breeding ponds in
spring and are associated with larger ponds (fish ponds,
reservoirs and farmland ponds) but are known to breed in some
garden ponds. Toads lay their eggs in long chains which they
wrap around submerged vegetation.
Making your garden frog-friendly.
Identifying amphibians.
Just Add
Water.
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