'Pond life' is sometimes used as an insult applied to particularly contemptible people but I feel that this is unfair to actual pond-dwelling creatures which, by contrast, are mostly harmless and frequently fascinating lifeforms.
Frogspawn is a case in point. You can see that our tiny garden pond is full of the stuff. Zoom in and you can tell that the embryos are starting to elongate towards the shape of a tadpole.
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Yay, found my first lot of #frogspawn this morning. I thought it wasn't going to happen this year as it's late for SE England.
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The frog spawning season is on. #Nature #Biodiversity #FrogSpawn #Spring
Spring is here, and I'm being serenaded by singing frogs. Here are six things from my garden for #SixOnSaturday
and on the blog:
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Large patch of #frogspawn from above and below the water in a #pond at #WWTCastleEspie 
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Ponds and puddles UK-wide start to fill with frogspawn in early spring – the ideal spot being shallow, well-vegetated and partially shaded. Frogs often return to breed at the pond where they were spawned, but while they lay vast numbers of eggs in jelly-like clusters, only about one in 50 will survive to become adults. The young fall prey to everything from dragonfly larvae and newts to water boatmen, birds and hedgehogs.
Photograph: Brian Mckay/Getty Images
Checking out some recently laid frogspawn in a quarry pool as Fiadh splashes about behind me.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Would somebody tell them it’s only January yet?
They’re at it earlier than ever here on the sanctuary.
Can’t be up to those frogs!
Couldn’t even wait to get to the pond.
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It’s always fascinating to get a glimpse of #frogspawn from below the water 
This was shot on iPhone in the #PondZone at #WWTCastleEspie.
I don’t recommend dunking your expensive #smartphone in a pond but mine has survived worse 
Frog spawn developing in the puddles and ponds all around. What were perfectly round black dots just over a week ago have begun to elongate and grow their tails.
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First #frogspawn of the year in the #MoatPark #wildlife #garden this morning
#nature #naturephotography #animal #amphibian #frog #commonfrog #water #Freshwater #pond #pondlife #spring #signsofspring @RSPB
Absolutely illegal thing to do, but I think every curious child should be let to study frogspawn a bit.
The last time I looked into this ditch it was full of frogspawn, today it was full of tadpoles.
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Updated pond photo 
. Yesterday we waited outside for the 
to reach the pond - dedicated to the cause of photographing the tadpoles and frogspawn 
. A bit tricky to see but in the left hand photo the dark patches around the brick at the bottom of the pond are masses of tadpoles just 'hatched' from their spawn. On the right, there is still frogspawn around the plant. We'll keep an eye on them all and provide updates/better photos! 
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We've been trying to take decent photos of what's going on with the tadpoles and frogspawn in the pond but it's not going very well We need the to come out and shine through the water! Some of the tadpoles are swimming around, others are still spawn. There's still frogspawn on the plant in the photo. We'll try again this week! 
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