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Rare
albino tadpoles signal an unusual discovery:
Albino tadpoles have been
discovered in a garden in Carmarthenshire,
Wales
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Froglife have called the finding highly unusual because at least four
separate blobs of albino spawn were found deposited in the pond. Find
out more...
Froglife
makes waves in the Capital:
London’s amphibians and reptiles are to get a helping hand thanks to a
groundbreaking initiative that will work to attract wildlife back into the
Capital’s ponds. Find
out more about Froglife's London Living Water Project...
Frogwatch
is back!
This
immensely popular national survey is helping us find out more about urban
distributions of widespread amphibians, discovering more about their
habits and about their garden preferences. The data also has wider
conservation significance, acting as control data for our Frog
Mortality Project. Get
frog-watching! >>>
The One Show celebrates Toad Patrolling! The
BBC’s One Show this week salutes the UK’s toad patrollers,
highlighting their commitment each spring in helping thousands of toads
cross busy roads, whilst contributing their data to important national
monitoring initiatives. The show will air on Thursday 17 April.
Do
your bit for snakes this spring! As
the last of the UK’s reptiles begin to stir after hibernation, now
is the time to start preparing your snake-friendly garden for the
upcoming year, say Froglife. 'Froglife
Advice Sheet: Conserving grass snakes'
Children
and teachers encouraged
to spawn-watch! Provided that the tadpoles are raised suitably (to ensure the
welfare of the animals) and are then released carefully in the same
pond from which they were taken, Froglife are keen to get across that
this is a great way for children and adults to experience and
learn more about the wonders of nature up-close.
For more information get your hands on a copy of the FSC’s ‘Guide
to Keeping Common Frog Tadpoles’
Stop
the swap! Froglife
is
advising the public that they should encourage amphibians naturally
into gardens rather than donate frogspawn to other gardeners this
spring. The advice is being given to
help national efforts to stop the spread of invasive pond plants,
animals and amphibian disease. More
details.
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