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The first frog spawn has hatched?

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Pond Conservation is asking whether anyone can beat the first spawning date for the Common frog Rana temporariataddies_in_garden
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The first date, according to Pond Conservation ,was the 5th February 2011, however earlier dates have now been included - 8th January, and even the 2nd January on Natures Calendar

On twitter land the ARG UK can now report the first date for free swimming tadpoles!

According to @CornishTartans their tadpoles were free swimming on the 19th February - The spawn arrived on the 31st Jan/1st Feb so the tadpoles took around 18 days to hatch.

Can anyone beat this observation? do people keep watching their spawn clumps to see when the tadpoles break free from the jelly surrounding them?