Fab work @eastsussexwras! 10 toads +1 #smoothnewt saved- that's what we call a #GrateEscape! Drains=> lethal traps for #amphibians: once fallen through the grate, #frogs #toads #newts will drown or starve. How to help+more on #amphibianconservation contact sussexarg.org.uk/contact.html

The second of our autumn webinars tomorrow 🙌 Reptiles and Amphibians by Barry Barry Kemp 2pm Wednesday 20th of October Book your ticket here eventbrite.co.uk/e/reptiles-amp… Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

I hope you can join me! Open Newtown Elliott Bisnow Montgomeryshire WT

Read about the curious case of the Berriew Adder in our Powys Countryside & @BreconBeaconsNP Newsletter. In magazine format tinyurl.com/5autubbm or as a pdf tinyurl.com/2bkshb58 . Thanks to Barry Kemp for the story. Montgomeryshire WT Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Adders are Amazing! @ConserveHerps

Another reason to dig a pond….Montgomeryshire WT Froglife @ARGroupsUK @PondRiverStream

Whilst reptiles are removed from development sites, small mammals are frequently left to fend for themselves when the bulldozers arrive. No wonder they are declining (along with the stoats, owls etc that feed on them). Sussex Mammal Group Montgomeryshire WT Iolo Williams Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔

Rare dormouse habitat destroyed by luxury housing developer hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire…

📢PHD OPPORTUNITY📢Assessing the ecological impacts of non-native #gamebirds release on reptiles in the UK Supervised by Jim Groombridge with Jake Bicknell from DICE Kent, Lucy Mason #RSPBScience, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation & @ARIES_DTP bit.ly/3dq979l

If you haven’t watched My Octopus Teacher yet then you’re missing out on one of the most amazing wildlife documentaries of all time. Absolutely stunning.Montgomeryshire WT Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 Biodiversity Information Service (BIS) Monty Larkin

So, if pheasants become classed as wildlife once released don’t they also qualify as a non-native species …surely that would be illegal?

If you are driving for the next few nights please watch out for amphibians migrating to their breeding ponds. Lots of fatalities last night on the B4385 between Abermule and Montgomery.Montgomeryshire WT Open Newtown Biodiversity Information Service (BIS) Civic Society - Monty Hour @VisitMontgomery Iolo Williams

One in five reptiles faces extinction in what would be a ‘devastating’ blow theguardian.com/environment/20…

Luckily there are still a few places in Montgomery where you can get your hare washed.Montgomeryshire WT Iolo Williams Mammal Society Biodiversity Information Service (BIS)

Time to ban artificial grass Welsh Government Llywodraeth Cymru Mark Drakeford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch #sparrowhawk take a #pipistrelle bat in mid flight as it flies back to it's maternity roost. Iolo Williams Mammal Society Bat Conservation Trust

Bring your garden to life with our Wildlife Collection, life size copies of garden birds. Fasten them to the Plastyhedge/Plastytree range, or add a small mammal such as squirrel or hedgehog - they double up as boot scrapers should you be unlucky enough to get mud in your garden.

Barry Kemp Iolo Williams Mammal Society Bat Conservation Trust Great video. I wonder if anyone’s captured that before?

This, Mail Online, is newsworthy, unlike the scaremongering rubbish you spout

My favourite reptile. Beautiful, but so misunderstood

New #job opportunity to come and work with me and the team Amphibian and Reptile Conservation on #reptile and #amphibian #data and the National Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring Programme. Please share widely. #monitoring #CitSci