Migrations

[maulkin]

One reason that I was so upset about the toads is that they were crossing a small, private road. Only a few people live up there and no-one could possibly be driving fast (if they intended to survive) so I think that it would be perfectly possible to stop for toads. On busy public roads, the British charity Froglife puts up warning signs and organises "toad patrols" to collect the toads in buckets and transport them across the road to safety (a bit like the humans helping the serpents through shallow water in Dragon Keeper). I have contacted Froglife about my situation but they say that they cannot erect warning signs on private roads. I have asked for some information to be sent to the residents who use the road, hopefully this will encourage them to drive more carefully.

You probably think that we Brits are crazy, staying up at night to help frogs cross roads. I think that we have so little interesting wildlife that we are keen to preserve anything we have!