Appeal on behalf of our local toads
- 29 January 2013 19:46212734courtesy of w.c.c.p
Amy Wright, a committee member of the Kent reptile and amphibian group has asked us to circulate the following message. If you can help, please contact her on the email below:
This year we are looking for volunteer toad patrollers. I am looking for people who live near to East Langdon and may be willing to give up a couple of hour to help toads.
Each year, in late February - March common toads wake up from hibernation to begin migration to their breeding ponds. This often involves crossing roads, and inevitably means that many don't make it to the other side!
You do not need any previous experience to be a toad patroller, nor do you need to be an expert in amphibians. All we are asking is for as much or as little time you can give for a few evenings around early spring, picking up toads and carrying them to the other side of the road.
With people out after dark along roads, we need to make patrols as easy and as safe as possible. Therefore, we will go over site locations, health and safety, risk assessments and loan of equipment.
If anyone is interested and/or would like more information I would love to hear from you.
Thanks,
Amy
a-wright19@hotmail.co.uk[/URL] - Brian Dixon
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29 January 2013 20:08212739will ratty and mole be there as well howard. - 29 January 2013 20:30212741hopefully you will not be volunteering brian, carry one eat one is not the plan of campaign.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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29 January 2013 20:32212743no howard its carry one get two free,but this time i will pass on it.
- 29 January 2013 22:57212782Do toads bite?Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - Brian Dixon
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30 January 2013 07:04212790only when they have to alex. - 30 January 2013 07:37212791I thought this was about supporting local alkies/crims !
Roger - Jan Higgins
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30 January 2013 08:25212794For Alexander and other townies if they have never picked up a toad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Common_Toad-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 30 January 2013 22:27212938we have to be very aware of irresponsible motorists when we volunteer for this challenge.
- 31 January 2013 00:21212942OK, so it wasn't about a coming election then
Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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31 January 2013 07:36212949no its about toads crossing the road to get a leg over. - 31 January 2013 10:42212962Howard, that made me laugh
- 25 February 2013 17:43217535tsk tsk brian, time has come around for volunteers to step foward.
- 25 February 2013 18:34217541We have them in River even get in the garden from time to time,I love them pick them up put them down again but do not take them out of the garden they know where they are if I move them they might not get back to their familys.
- 25 March 2013 09:55222106Here may be something for amphibophiles to ponder...
" SIR - Some days ago during mild and sunny weather I noted the fact that the frogs had not made their usual spring appearance. Today, as a blizzard howls across the Pennines from Siberia and the pond is again under snow and ice, I ask myself how the frogs knew that winter was about to strike back in earnest.
Geoff Milburn
Glossop, Derbyshire "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9951362/Osbornes-mortgage-scheme-is-an-irresponsible-vote-winning-strategy.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 26 March 2013 10:12222299Did 'we' think we were onto something?...
" Frog forecasters
SIR - Unlike Geoff Milburn's frogs in Derbyshire (Letters, March 25), the frogs in our field pond got it badly wrong.
Two weeks ago several batches of spawn appeared overnight. All now, of course, are frozen solid.
When we finally get a thaw, will the frogs return for a second effort?
Helen Jones
Knowbury, Shropshire "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9952977/Immigration-promises-are-just-hot-air-without-a-border-entry-ban.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
