Pond for Natterjack Toads

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Pond for Natterjack Toads

Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 10 May 2018

By dint of careful management, the National Trust maintain this pond at Sandscale Haws as habitat for the rare Natterjack Toad. But on a sunny day like this, the chances of spotting this elusive creature were vanishingly small.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.170754
Longitude
-3.225889