- Toads in Costessey need your help!
Every year from January through to the end of March, toads will set out on a
perilous journey moving from the fields & gardens to the West of West End, over to the ponds to the East by the river, which are the breeding grounds for the toads. This only occurs for roughly eight weeks when the temperature begins to rise after winter. The toads have been crossing at this point for many years, long before the houses and increase in traffic. Would you like to join our group of volunteers who come out, pick the toads and frogs up and release them safely on the other side of the road? You need to dress warmly, wear a Hi-Viz jacket, carry a torch and bucket. This patrol usually saves over 200 toads and frogs during this migration period, but unfortunately numbers are decreasing year on year. For more information please see http://www.toadwatch.org or email Costessey@toadwatch.org