This important extension to their land will hopefully help to provide the intriguing
natterjack toad with exactly the conditions it requires whilst safeguarding its future.
The
natterjack toad will be rehomed at the Wild Ireland Education Centre.
Red Rocks is the Trust's only coastal reserve and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its sand dunes, reed beds and its population of rare
natterjack toads.
The Herpetological Conservation Trust will receive pounds 92,000 to help conservation of the
natterjack toad in Cumbria, where around half of England's populations exist in increasingly isolated pockets along the coast.
And I bet you can't find a
Natterjack Toad in Paris.
Examples of such species include the Lesser Horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros, the
Natterjack toad, Bufo calamita, and cetacean species (sea mammals like dolphins and whales).
Banks & Beebee (1987) found the endangered
Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) sought ponds with particular physical and chemical properties that included steepness of the pond bank and pH.
She'll visit the rare Maharees tombolo in Co Kerry and witness how citizens are fighting against coastal erosion to protect valuable wildlife such as the
Natterjack toad.
The two groups came together in early May to try out some
Natterjack Toad predator protection designs.