Frogs overrunning gardener's wildlife haven 'being driven from breeding ground by development'
A gardener say he is being swamped by frogs being driven from their breeding ground by housing developments. Bryan Swain's garden has always been a wildlife haven, from special "homes" he created for masonry bees to his wildlife pond.
But Bryan, from St Martins, near Oswestry, says he is concerned that the amount of building in the village is having a detrimental effect on nature.
He points to his pond being completely overrun by frogs and frog spawn this year.
The wildlife enthusiast says he has never seen so many frogs migrating to his pond for the breeding season, and blames it on nearby fields being turned into housing estates.
"I have always had frogs in the pond but there are hundreds coming into the garden this year," he said.
"I found one of my fish dead, a frog clamped around him across the gills, suffocating it."
