The UK’s loudest amphibian has made a “remarkable comeback” in the South Downs National Park. Breeding natterjack toads have been recorded at the site for the first time in 50 years after a ...
Volunteers surveying dormice and bats in trees have made the unexpected discovery of over fifty common toads in nest boxes and tree cavities at least 1.5 meters high. Volunteers surveying dormice and ...
Every year, thousands of common toads, frogs and newts awaken from their winter hibernation and make the perilous journey back to their ancestral breeding ponds. On mild, damp evenings between January ...
A road will be closed for the next six weeks to allow toads, frogs and newts to cross to their breeding grounds. The ...
...to get to the other side of course! More than 3,000 toads, frogs and newts have been helped to cross a busy road in Bath to safely reach their breeding lake. Around 50 volunteers from the ...
Thousands of toads, frogs and newts will cross the half-mile stretch of road [Charlcombe Toad Rescue] A six-week road closure has been put in place to allow toads, frogs and newts to cross to their ...
Fears are growing that more than 1,000 toads may have died after a reservoir in north Wales was drained during peak breeding season, prompting concern among conservation groups over the impact on ...
Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...
The distinctive rasping call of the natterjack toad, the UK’s loudest amphibian, can once again be heard echoing across the South Downs National Park. A recent conservation project focused on habitat ...