Listen Out for Toads on Radio 4

The Little Melton Toad Patrol is going to feature on BBC Radio 4’s Costing the Earth programme at 3.30pm on Tuesday 30^th April and will be repeated on Wednesday 1^st May at 9pm. The Patrol is one of many that goes out across the UK to help breeding toads make it safely back to their breeding ponds as part of Froglife's Toads on Roads project.

Common Toad by Oliver Kratz

Presenter Tom Heap visited John Heaser and other volunteers at the Little Melton Patrol in Norfolk  to learn more about the threats facing toads and how the patrol works to help.  It’s part of a show featuring news about the amphibian extinction crisis and conservation efforts to help the species.

You can see a gallery of images from the research for the programme here

The episode will also be available to listen to and download on the BBC website after the broadcast on the 1^st of May here 

• Find our more about Toads on Roads
• The Norfolk patrols have their own website called Toadwatch here
• Support Toads on Roads with our special photographic prints by Oliver Kratz, available in the Froglife shop