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When do Tadpoles Hatch?

By Russ 4 Comments

Tadpoles can be seen in huge numbers in April and May.

Many frogs have been steadily laying their frogspawn over the last few weeks, with some ponds now fit to bust!

Following hibernation, female frogs can lay several thousands of eggs. As she lays them into the water, the male is right behind her, ready to fertilise each egg.

Frogspawn can be found in huge clumps in April.From day one the small black dot in the middle of egg starts to grow, gradually becoming recognisable as a tadpole.

The eggs will usually hatch within a month of being laid, so you can expect to see newly hatched tadpoles towards the end of April or early May.

Like some other vertebrates, the tadpoles will continue to feed on the yolk they were born with for a few days after hatching.

This means they won’t need anything to eat whilst newly hatched, giving them an extra chance of survival in the jungle that is the back garden!

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Filed Under: British Amphibians, Ecology, Spring Tagged With: frogs, frogspawn, tadpoles, when do frogs eggs hatch, when do tadpoels hatch?, when do tadpoles appear in the UK?, when do tadpoles appear?

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  1. Chris says

    July 28, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    why have I still got tadpoles In SUrrey, it is nearly AUgust? should they not be frogs now?

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    • Russ H says

      July 29, 2015 at 11:41 am

      Hi Chris, Tadpole growth can be affected by the amount of food available to them. Sometimes tadpoles have even been known to overwinter as a juvenile stage, becoming an adult frog in the new year.

      Reply
  2. zowie says

    April 10, 2018 at 6:25 pm

    iv got some frog spawn from my garden in a tank with weed and they have started to hatch after only 4 days then dieing wot is wrong are they to warm

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  3. Sean Kaye-Smith says

    August 10, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    I re-established my pond around 2 weeks ago and in just over a week it was full of thousands of tiny tadpoles, and the numbers are still growing. How can this be? I’ve not seen any frogs, but I think I heard one a couple of days ago.

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