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Tim Hall

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Name that frog
« on: 27 June, 2021, 07:22:29 pm »
On the FNRTTC to Whitstable we went past Higham Marshes, between Gravesend and Rochester. In the pitch-ish black we heard a frog chorus, which I recorded. (It's shot in portrait, which is causing me great anguish)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sva0v17perxu3oe/VID_20210626_034709061.mp4?dl=0

Any clues as to the species?  Adrian, formerly OTP, reckoned American Bull Frogs, which are a know invasive species, but having listened to them on YouTube, I'm not so sure. They don't sound much like Common Frogs either, at least not the ones I could find.

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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #1 on: 27 June, 2021, 08:14:09 pm »
Whilst trying to take pictures of reed buntings and sedge warblers at Medmerry in Sussex, was distracted by choruses of frogs from the ponds that the RSPB have created to encourage birds.  There were at least two varieties, but my BirdNet app didn't help to identify them.  Maybe there is another app out there that will identify frogs by their calls?
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Croft

Re: Name that frog
« Reply #2 on: 27 June, 2021, 08:15:18 pm »
Great recording. Almost certainly Marsh Frogs, so not a problem from an invasive point of view. They are known to be established in that area of Kent.

https://youtu.be/yyEhHLlVuQ8

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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #3 on: 28 June, 2021, 07:15:16 pm »
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #4 on: 28 June, 2021, 07:30:49 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 28 June, 2021, 07:15:16 pm
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« Reply #5 on: 28 June, 2021, 08:52:02 pm »
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #6 on: 28 June, 2021, 09:55:07 pm »
Kiki
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #7 on: 28 June, 2021, 10:04:55 pm »
Quote from: Pingu on 28 June, 2021, 09:55:07 pm
Kiki

Aye, what was going on there, then?

So Hector and Zsazsa were shacked up in some kind of open relationship, and the frog next door was hopping through a hole in the fence every day for a bit of extra-pond activity.

I'm sure there were uncensored episodes that never made it on-air.
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #8 on: 28 June, 2021, 10:52:34 pm »
We used to call one set of grandparents Kiki and Hector. I don’t remember the actual program though. :)
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #9 on: 29 June, 2021, 08:44:50 pm »
Quote from: Tim Hall on 27 June, 2021, 07:22:29 pm
On the FNRTTC to Whitstable we went past Higham Marshes, between Gravesend and Rochester. In the pitch-ish black we heard a frog chorus, which I recorded. (It's shot in portrait, which is causing me great anguish)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sva0v17perxu3oe/VID_20210626_034709061.mp4?dl=0

Any clues as to the species?  Adrian, formerly OTP, reckoned American Bull Frogs, which are a know invasive species, but having listened to them on YouTube, I'm not so sure. They don't sound much like Common Frogs either, at least not the ones I could find.
Having listened, I conclude that American Bullfrogs are deffo different.
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #10 on: 08 July, 2021, 12:06:23 am »
Marsh frogs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyEhHLlVuQ8&ab_channel=wildaboutimages

They are present on the Thames & Medway Canal, also close to Gravesend, and in a pool near Leigh-on-Sea station, as well as Rainham (Essex) marshes.

We've seen and heard them in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany.

I think they are wonderful, and much more entertaining than your average British common frog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPXwkkjhKXE&ab_channel=Amphibian%26ReptileConservation
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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #11 on: 08 July, 2021, 08:41:12 am »
Quote from: Croft on 27 June, 2021, 08:15:18 pm
Great recording. Almost certainly Marsh Frogs, so not a problem from an invasive point of view. They are known to be established in that area of Kent.

https://youtu.be/yyEhHLlVuQ8

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Re: Name that frog
« Reply #12 on: 08 July, 2021, 10:08:25 pm »
Who said that? ;)
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