Thanks chuck! 
It’s the amphibians that need good luck.
Good point Mups. Sometimes people will come and take it for their own ponds.
That would be the best resolution.
These people might be of help
I agree Ray, but they are in Dorset.
I did wonder if there might be a local wildlife place near to Pesta?
The Wildlife Trust may also help, do you think?
Well, I feel a murderer. Today, I transferred the spawn to a large bucket. Talk about difficult to shift! :surprised:
In the 8 yrs I’ve been here there’s been frogspawn every year and I honestly believed it was just on top of the water, and/or sitting on top of the pruned plants and in between rocks.
Well, was I wrong. It’s drops down quite low under the water too… real nightmare trying to get it out and from around the stubble of the plants.
I had to be quite rough rather than gentle. No way could the net even touch it. So I had to get my gloves on and gently tug it all out. I was expecting to hear a slurp noise when I was pulling it out it was so far down.
I hope I haven’t done any damage or killed any 
Hopefully they will be ok. they are quite protected in their little bubbles.
You know what Dingy, it made me feel sick… it was gross 
I’d rather eat tapioca pudding than touch that stuff again
I always thought it was the same thing. 
Yes… one does wonder - I wonder if anyone truly likes the stuff 
I wonder what it tastes like.
Frogspawn, that is.
I’ll send you some so you can taste it
I’m not worried about the frogs or newts. I know they’ll be just fine.
They’ll be taken out of the pond and I’ll let them loose either in or around the stream, which is literally opposite the house. or just pop them in the garden to hop off somewhere.
The front garden has heathers and conifers and when I was trimming the heather one year I disturbed frogs hiding under there.
When I had the back garden conifers pruned, which is in a high part of the garden, the chaps said there were little froglets everywhere up there.
So, I know they do survive and survive well out of the pond.
It’s just the tadpoles I need to nurture
Typing this reminded me of my last house… no ponds in the direct vicinity of my house, but on a few occasions I had frogs (or maybe toads) in the garden. One evening there was one outside the back door when I went out for a cigarette - it was HUGE and just looked like a big splodge (don’t want to say turd)
Maybe all these frogs (or toads) are reincarnated lovers come back to say hello
The frogs and newts will return next year looking for the pond, that’s if they survive being dumped in running water which is not their natural environment.
They’ll already know the pond won’t be there, 'cos they’ll be watching it being removed. 
I already have plenty, thank you.
Our frogs have been very busy. Interestingly, the spawn - great clumps of it - is just sitting there and not changing. Perhaps it’s early days yet.
They are wondering if they want to be born into all this Brexit malarkey
Just a thought leave the liner in and put soil on top make it a bog garden plants that like damp conditions.
Thanks for the suggestion Kazz, but the garden is always on the damp side.
Too many trees and being low down, plus clay in the soil.
The only time it’s been truly dry was during last year’s brilliant summer. For the first time the lichen, moss and mushrooms (or are they toadstools), all over the lawn finally went away!
It’s all back again now. 