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Froglife gets snappy: Froglife is offering the public an opportunity to contribute to a new booklet on making wildlife ponds by submitting photos of their ponds and pond wildlife. Entrants have a chance of winning one of five Froglife photography awards. More information.


Vacancies at Froglife  Froglife is recruiting a second London Living Water Project Officer, a Conservation Assistant and a Senior Ecologist to manage the Froglife Ltd ecological consultancy business.  Find out more...


Low-down on adders : In the aftermath of a recent adder bite incident, Froglife and The Herpetological Conservation Trust – both charities representing the UK ’s amphibians and reptiles- commiserate with ten-year-old victim, Mollie Hawker, and offer some advice to prevent recurrence of a similar event. Read the full story.


Health-checks for the nation's frogs: Conservation charities Froglife and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are calling for the public to look out for and report cases of sick and dead frogs – and other amphibians like toads and newts – in an attempt to expand vital research into the state of the nation’s amphibians. Read the full story.


Appeal for dead amphibians! During the summer months of 2008 Froglife is appealing for specimens of amphibians which have died for any reason - disease or otherwise.  If you are willing to help out (this will mean storing dead amphibians in your freezer) please get in touch for more information.  
Find out more about Disease.


Newts hit jackpot! Froglife has won lottery funding to trial its Outdoor Classroom resources at a site in Peterborough – home to Europe’s largest Great Crested Newt colony. Find out more...


Rare albino tadpoles signal an unusual discovery: Albino tadpoles have been discovered in a garden in Carmarthenshire, Wales . 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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