Common frogs Rana temporaria, White Peak, Derbyshire. Found all over Britain common frogs gather in ponds and ditches between January and March to spawn. Pairs may stay in ‘amplexus’; the clinching posture of mating, for days before the spawn is laid before returning to damp places on land for much of the year. Old dew ponds on the limestone plateau of the Peak District are gradually being restored as important wildlife refuges for frogs, newts, water beetles, dragonflies and plants such as water-crowfoot.
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