Latest vacancy: Seven Sisters Country Park Manager 👋
We have an opportunity for someone to lead on the operational delivery of the Seven Sisters Country Park; leading on landscape management, nature recovery and day-to-day operations.
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End of year list of animals saved on a single toad patrol patch in Derbyshire: 1595 toads, 730 frogs, 137 newts.
That's my local Derbyshire toad patrol done for the year 🐸 Toads are 🔴 red listed for conservation purposes. All newts saved were smooth newts (which are tiny!)
Already can't wait for next year 😃
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#ARG #DARG #amphibians #toads #conservation #wildlife #nature
A good spot
#DYK about Garden Wildlife Health?
A partnership between ZSL, BTO, Froglife & RSPB monitoring disease in UK wildlife.
Seen a sick or dead amphibian, reptile, bird or hedgehog? Report it: https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/
We have been working with Froglife & others on new guidance for people involved with Toads on Roads. We are particularly looking at toad welfare & reduction of disease transfer.
Top Tips for Toad Patrolling for ARGs read it at
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A few rounds of spot the adder from yesterdays survey @argroupsuk.bsky.social All images per post are of the same animal at different zooms. None were disturbed to the point of moving off. Two here. @teamneyedc.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
A little tadpole and frogspawn appreciation from my Somerset garden pond🐸💚
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📣 In-person tickets for this event are now sold out! But you can still join us live online, or join the waitlist to be there in person on 10th March. Find out more and reserve your ticket: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...
A pop into my #Somerset #garden and a very welcome sight in my pond: Frogspawn and ribbiting frog!🐸💚
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I posted about an extremely early slow worm on 22nd Feb last year. At dawn this morning I found this one, exposed and apparently dead in my garden path. Became apparent it was alive but v.lethargic. Relocated to centre of compost heap. Contemplated captive care until spring. @argroupsuk.bsky.social
We’ve published our response to the "Lost Frogs report".
Read our statement here: www.arc-trust.org/lost-frogs-report-commen...
Pond edge with one frog visible.
Pond shallow end, no frogs visible yet.
As we get closer to February, we have male frogs beginning to hang about the edges of pond 2. So far only two or three... stay tuned.
More work being undertaken this week for our adder project with the Cannock Chase National Landscape. Widening a narrow ride to give more opportunities for basking. Work organised by the Mining Remediation Authority's Nature Recovery Manager tree work by Crown Works Tree Services
First Common Lizard sighting of 2026 at Blackhead Path, N Ireland. Basking in a clump of dry grass in the winter sunshine.
A very early Common Lizard sighting and the first of 2026 at the Blackhead Path, Co Antrim, this afternoon (15 Jan 2026). Only around 6C but a very sunny day, allowing favoured spots to provide enough warmth. @argroupsuk.bsky.social #ukwildlife #HSI #reptile #lizard #zootoca #northernireland #nature
Responding to questions about ongoing media coverage of proposed amphibian reintroductions, ARG UK wishes to clarify its position, building on our Policy Statement Concerning Reintroductions, and ARG UK Advice Note 12 Amphibian and Reptile Reintroduction Guidelines.
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🐍 Legislation & policy update – December 2025
👉 Read our update here: www.arc-trust.org/legislation-and-policy-u...
Two more records have been added to the 2026 PondNet #SpawnSurvey! 🐸 One in Helston, Cornwall on 12th December and one in a garden pond in St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly on 17th December.
📸 by Lucy Thresher and Carole Cilia.
A group of over 20 environmental NGOs including us worked on the reponse over 2 years & co-ordinated by Froglife & PTES submitted extensive data
We were pleased to see proposals accepted by JNCC to increase protection for the rapidly declining adder in England but its now come to nothing.
The Government has reponded to the advice from JNCC on the 7th quinquennial review of species protections under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. Many environmental NGOs took part
The response from Mary Creagh MP is thanks for doing it but they will not be implementing the proposed amendments
Reminder that bookings are being taken for the 2026 Herpetological Workers Meeting in Glasgow on the 31st January and 1st February.
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A great new opportunity to study for a PhD at the University of Reading.
This is a project linked with Froglife that aims to model the life cycle of the common toad and look at the impact of climate variation on UK populations.
More info and apply by 12th Jan 2026: https://ow.ly/SZki50XInlU
Habitats for frogs, toads & newts are in decline: 50% of ponds were lost during the 20th century, and of those that remain, 80% are in a poor state. So garden ponds are crucial for helping amphibians survive - & they help all sorts of other wildlife too!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/cre...
The Government has partially backed away from weakening Biodiversity Net Gain – but nature still loses out.
Exempting developments under 0.2ha risks hollowing out one of England’s most important nature protections🐝🌱
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I’ve been trying to work out if the Government are on track to meet their ambitious target to create or restore 250,000 hectares of habitats outside protected sites by 2030, announced yesterday.
Turns out the Government themselves don’t yet have a way of measuring this!
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill will soon be law, but huge amounts of detail remain to be decided. Government needs to minimise environmental risk and uncertainty, as well as ensure that safeguards for wildlife are upheld. With nature in decline, we can't afford to leave it to chance.
While working today, in woods making new tracks, at Eling (Berkshire) flushed a Woodcock & then found this Common Frog #berksbirds #ukbirding #ukbirds #amphibian #ukwildlife @berksbirdclub.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirdsbbrc.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social
Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
The new great crested newt ponds created by Froglife Ecological Services through the Natural England-funded DLL scheme are starting to fill up in Epping Forest.
A great boost for local biodiversity and future breeding habitats!
