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Photographs - South West Meeting - Somerset 2010 - Chris Gleed-Owen (left) & Freya Smith (right)
The South West Regional Meeting of ARG UK promises to be a day of brilliant talks on reptile and amphibian conservation in the South West. A diff...
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If you wander along the artwork, banners, art installations and the many messages plastered over pillars and the nearby buildings at the Occupy London Protest site (otherwise known as #OccupyLSX) you may notice makeshift posters ...
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SAVE THE FROGS! finished in the Top 20 Leaderboard of the Chase Community Giving Contest, earning us $25,000 for our worldwide amphibian conservation efforts.
Thanks to Chase Bank and the 2,343 people who took the time to vote for us and help spread ...
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There has been some exciting news regarding the possible sale of Kiln Meadow an important wildlife site which was threatened with development in 2008. This Tuesday the council revoked the agreement to sell the land after a long campaign by Ipswich Wildl...
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The South East Regional Meeting for the ARG UK was hosted by Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group this weekend. The meeting was a huge success with over 100 attendees who were treated to adder conservation related talks and presentations from Kent, Surrey...
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Once again, Pond Conservation are launching their ethical Christmas pond gift scheme, ‘Give and Let Live’, to help save Britain’s most endangered freshwater wildlife.
Each £1.00 that you give, will allow us to unlock a further £10.00 from the Bif...
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Premiere Episode from our new, full-featured series, The Herparazzi. Follow the Herparazzi team as they explore De Hoge Fronten, a collection of battlements that were built in the 17th and 18th century for the defense and protection of Maastricht, T...
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The final programme of the Adder conservation themed regional meeting on the 19th November has been released. What promises to be a great selection of talks local to Kent, Nationally and on European propsectives on conserving the adder in the UK, Fran...
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Following some useful early feedback, Natural England has decided to withdraw the first edition of the Reptile Mitigation Guidelines (Technical Information Note No. 102, dated 9th September 2011).
Until a new version of the Reptile Mitigation Guid...
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The ponds which were dug at Nevendon this October have started to fill with water. The clay is still quite dry but it is gradually getting soaked with water and at least a dozen of the ponds are jolding water. As the ground gets wetter we hope that th...
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NEWSFLASH - sadly the Guinness World Records did not accept our record application on the following grounds
'While we certainly do not underestimate your proposal, we do however think that thisitem is a little too specialised for a body of reference as g...
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The 5th November was the first regional meeting for the ARG's in Scotland. The meeting was billed as the Scottish Herpetology Meeting and was also known as #SHM2011 on twitter. Here is Erik Paterson's take on the day
Scottish Herpetology Meeting 20...
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Weekend of 22 and 23 October 2011Nevendon, near Wickford
NEWSFLASH - sadly the Guinness World Records did not accept our record application on the following grounds
'While we certainly do not underestimate your proposal, we do however think that this...
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Why didn't the toad cross the road?
Thirty-seven years ago ecologist Arnie Cooke noticed migrating toads run over on roads around his village of Ramsey in rural Cambridgeshire. He noted the number of casualties and has been counting them annually u...
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The Royal Horticultural Society and The Wildlife Trusts and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation are asking bonfire night celebrators to look out for toads and frogs before they light their fires.
"People tend to check for hedgehogs in the wood...
