The team who helped put the new toad signs
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Team offers toads safe passage
April 28, 2009
Toads on Wokingham roads have had their way smoothed with the introduction of new crossing signs.
They are the work of vet Phil Elliott, who works at Denton Veterinary Surgery in Denton Road.
Every year, newts and toads are killed trying to cross roads to get to ponds.
Now, drivers will have a warning that the active amphibians are on the move nearby.
The signs have been put up at established toad crossing spots in the borough.
Volunteers go to the crossings in February to pick the toads up and carry them across the roads to help their migration.
Mr Elliott said: “The migration has finished until February next year and we helped around a thousand toads between four crossings.”
The signs have been put up at four toad crossings in Farley Hill, New Wokingham Road, Edneys Hill, Popes Meadow in Binfield and Chavey Down Road.
For more information about all things amphibian, see the Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK’s website, www.arg.uk.
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