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Taptole Times! - July 2025 Posted on Monday 7th July, 2025 Please find below our latest newsletter! NARG_Newsletter_3.pdf Palmate Survey - 21st june Posted on Thursday 3rd July, 2025 We had the privilege of surveying a pond known for its Palmate newts. We started by checking a small pond where we had around 20 newts all swimming about. We checked the rocks and logs around the pond and found a sub adult toad under one of the rocks. In the afternoon we headed to the larger pond, dipping it with nets to catch any of the inverts and amphibians within it. The pond showed to be an extremely healthy pond with toad tadpoles, smooth newts, palmate newts, newt larvae and plenty of inverts which enabled us to teach ID skills. Notts Toad Patrols 2025 Results! Posted on Tuesday 15th April, 2025 The amphibian migration has now finished in Nottinghamshire and we would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has helped with toad patrols. Over the past two months our volunteers have managed to save a total of 3782 amphibians from road mortality. This includes 3473 common toads, 221 common frogs, 83 smooth newts and 5 great crested newts. Great Crested Newt Course Posted on Wednesday 9th April, 2025 Over the weekend, NottsARG and Derbyshire Amphibian and Reptile Group - DARG held a joint course on Great Crested Newts (GCN).