How to Help Frogs in Your Garden
If you have a garden you can help frogs in the following ways:
• Install a wildlife pond with a minimum depth of 2ft to prevent it freezing in winter and with sloping sides so that young frogs can get in and out easily.
• Use hot water to melt ice on ponds in very cold weather to prevent hibernating frogs from suffocating
• Create wood piles, stone piles and rough areas of long grass near ponds where frogs and toads can hide as well as find food.
• Avoid keeping tadpoles in small containers which can kill them – watch them in the pond instead, where they will be much safer and you can enjoy their development.
• Never move frogs from one area to another – this can spread disease and the new site may not be ready for the frogs – if you provide the right habitats for them, they will come when they are ready!
