Natterchat spring/summer 2019

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natterchat Toads- two years on

Plus… The fight for Scottish Nature • New Digital Technologies • Readers Wildlife Memories


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Froglife is the campaign title for The Froglife Trust. Registered Charity Number 1093372 (in England & Wales) & SC041854 (in Scotland); Registered Company Number 438714 (in England & Wales). The views expressed in Natterchat are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of Froglife. To advertise in or to sponsor an edition of Natterchat please contact Kathy Wormald at kathy.wormald@froglife.org.

Help us find dragons... Page 2


‘From the CEO’

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Welcome

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The Return of the Toads

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www.froglife.org/sheffield-wetland-corridor


Gardening for common toads – –

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Bath Mini Toad Summit –

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(www.vikspics.com)

“Very interesting variety of

“Pitched very well with

talks. Lovely to see the passion

excellent variety of talks and

of different people and ideas.”

extremely relevant.”

Image 1 Using Virtual reality to understand life from a toad's point of view at the Bath Mini Toad Summit

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Image 2 Anna Ferguson (Charlcombe Lane Toad Patrol), The Mayor of Bath, The Mayoress, Kathy Wormald (CEO Froglife), Sheila Gundry (Development Manager Froglife), Angela Julian (ARG-UK)


Image 3: Guy Willcock at the Charlcombe Lane pond, Bath. Credit Guy Willcock

“Well balanced. Covered all areas + problems toad patrollers face. Learnt more about these lovely creatures (the toads that is!) :)”

“It was lovely to see so many people interested in helping toads.”

www.froglife.org/what-we-do/ education/london-tails-ofamphibian-discovery/t-o-a-dcampaign

www.froglife.org/2019/02/18/mini-toad “Very well organised, learnt a lot and great for

-summit-evaluation

networking. Excellent mix of talks from different sources- nice to hear from large and small, new toad patrols” Page 9


Featured Project: London T.O.A.D ‘Creating a legacy for London, and its toads’

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www.froglife.org/what-we-do/ education/toad-virtualreality

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Image 1. Adapted infra-red camera ready for installation into one of the under road tunnels Inset: camera in-situ within a tunnel entrance.

Toads in tunnels – data from under road cameras

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Figure 2. Proportion of common toads making complete and incomplete crossings at three study sites

Figure 3. Proportion of adults and juveniles making complete tunnel crossings at each of the study sites.

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Figure 4. Numbers of common toads in tunnels in each hour of a 24-hour period, all sites and both seasons combined.

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Emerging Digital Technologies

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Identification

www.ispotnature.org)

Phone apps Augmented reality

Gaming for science!

Virtual classrooms –

(www.pocketpalsapp.com),

Windows into extraordinary worlds Nature networks

www.afocusonnature.org)

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How’s our wildlife doing?

Middle Path Pen Dinas on 1st May 2018, pre-strimming. Image Chloe Griffiths

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Middle path Pen Dinas on 13th August 2018, post strimming and heat wave. Image Chloe Griffiths

w w w . d r o p b o x . c o m / s/6jgt9mxlenmdsjt/2018 reptile survey Pen Dinas copy.pdf?dl=0 Working to clear Parc y Llyn pond on 29 Nov 2018 Image: David Kirby

Removing scrub from the Parc y Llyn pond: Image David Kirby Page 22

Common lizard on Tanybwlch SSSI in 2017: Image Chloe Griffiths


‘Early Outdoor Memories’- a reader’s response

Early Outdoor Memories

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Join the fight for Scotland’s nature

by Miriam Ross

Froglife is one of 35 charities calling for a Scottish Environment Act

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Tell the Scottish Government that Scotland needs its own Environment Act. Send an email now at

fightforscotlandsnature.scot/action

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CJ Wildlife – Your Garden in Spring & Summer

www.birdfood.co.uk

FREEPHONE 0800 731 2820

Vierno Froglü from CJ Wildlife Page 26


Press ReleaseTwenty-six Scottish charities receive donations from The Hospital Saturday Fund

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Froglife is supported by

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Trustees:

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