Toad photo © Nicola Devine

Travelling Toadlets
Recording metamorph movements

We want to learn more about how newly metamorphosed common toadlets behave after they move away from their breeding ponds. Sometimes you might see a mass migration with hundreds or even thousands of tiny toadlets moving along as a big group, and sometimes you might only spot a few.

This is a really important life stage for both frogs and toads as the tiny metamorphs, some are just about 5 mm long, are extremely vulnerable to predation e.g. from birds, or even large insects; or being inadvertently crushed by walkers, cyclists or road traffic.

To help us learn more about these animals, and how we can conserve them, we would like your help.

If you spot toadlets on the move, then let us know using the special new Record Pool portal ‘Travelling Toadlets’. We are asking for information about which amphibians you saw, their life stage, how many were in the group, and some additional information about the time and date you spotted them, what the weather was like, what habitat they were seen in, plus anything else you noticed.

 

Part A: Record your survey >

 

Travelling toadlets is a partnership project funded and supported by Natural England, ARG UK, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), University of Chester and Froglife.

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Part A : Record your survey

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Survey Area

Records:

# Date Time Grid Reference Species Details Quantity Photos
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Notes: Any additional information which might help us to verify your record

Part B : Site Information

This section refers to the area within which the count site is located.

1. How many toadlets were moving in the group (estimate)

2. Where were the toadlets recorded?

3. Was it raining when you saw the toadlet, or had there been rainfall in the past 24 hours

4. What was the approximate air temperature (if known) (optional)

5. Tell us more about the habitats you spotted the toadlets in (check all that apply)
















6. Any other Comments:

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