The toad patrols along Drove Lane and Avington Park have been established since 1997 - this year is the tenth year -
Natalie Carpenter the original toad patroller has provided the previous data collected in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
The numbers rescued seems to follow the national trend for the Common toad - i.e. numbers have declined over 4 years
Drove Lane this year has produced very few toads and a few frogs but no way near the numbers which were first rescued in 1997 - discussions are being made after this years patrol to see how the crossing can be de registered
At Avington Park things are looking better - we have rescued several hundred toads since 13th Feb - Good numbers of toads are already in the lake and we are waiting for the first spawn......
We will be going out again tonight. We have a migration period from around 14th Feb to 12th March so we still need volunteers!
Regards
Jon
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