As an addition to our normal series of six winter talks, on the 21st April James Stead, Froglife’s ‘Come Forth for Wildlife Project Manager’, presented on Zoom a very interesting talk on the reptiles and amphibians that can be found in Scotland as well as two recent conservation projects (‘Come Forth for Wildlife’ and the ‘Fife Living Water’ projects) which Froglife have undertaken in Scotland.

You can view the recording of his talk here: https://vimeo.com/823712945?share=copy or by playing the video below.

Subsequent to the talk, James, in a response to some of the questions in the Q&A session, sent the following links which provide further information and fact sheets on different native and non-native amphibians and reptiles:

• Froglife’s ‘Dragon Finder’ app as mentioned in the talk: https://www.froglife.org/dragon-finder-app/ – species recording and a database of species;
• Froglife’s ‘Just Add Water’ guide on pond creation and management: https://www.froglife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Just-Add-Water-7th-Edition.pdf;
• Froglife’s ‘Garden Guardian’ booklet for this project, a wildlife friendly gardening booklet with a series of challenges to complete, if folk send in photos/videos they can get their own Garden Guardian sign for their space: https://issuu.com/comeforthforwildlife/docs/garden_guardians_booklet_-_digital__single_pages_?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www.froglife.org – (so long as this is done before James finishes this project in August!);
• There’s lots of different activities for download listed here depending on what would suit best: https://www.froglife.org/learning-zone/wildlife-at-home/;
• And lastly fact file sheets on different native and non-native amphibians and reptiles here: https://www.froglife.org/learning-zone/education-resources/.

In addition, Froglife has produced a number of worksheets which illustrate conservation projects which people can undertake in and around their gardens to provide wildlife friendly features: the Bog Garden, Toad Abode, Hibernacula, Pond Creation and Mini-ponds. The links to these can be found below:

Much more about the work and activities of Froglife, along with more information and details of projects and their educational material can be found on their website: https://www.froglife.org/