External Publications

Amphibian and reptile training Courses with Jim Foster run in partnership with Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 

• Great crested newt survey training for professional ecologists
• Habitat management for reptiles
• An introduction to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles

Training for professionals run by the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust in partnership with the Field Studies Council including:

• Great crested newts and licensing for surveys
• Reptile survey
• Widespread reptiles and mitigation
• Mark recapture techniques
• Working with natterjacks
• Great crested newts, licensing and mitigation

Great Crested Newt
Conservation Handbook
by Tom Langton, Catherine Beckett and Jim Foster

Citation - Langton, T.E.S., Beckett, C.L., and Foster, J.P. (2001), Great Crested Newt Conservation
Handbook, Froglife, Halesworth.

Contents

• Why Ponds Are Important
• Creating a Garden Pond
• Planting Wildlife Ponds
• Managing Your Pond
• What's Living In Your Pond - Do The Big Pond Dip!
• Attracting Amphibians and Reptiles
• Finding Out More 

The third newsletter from the Devon Reptile & Amphibian Group

Contents

• Smooth snakes back in Devon, 27th January
• Herpetofauna Workers' Meeting 2011, 29th January
• Braunton Burrows walk, 5th March
• Devon Great Crested Newt Project, 7th March 2011
• Ebford Toad Migration, 12th March
• Sand Lizards at Dawlish Warren
• Tales from the cryptozoa
• Smooth snakes in Cornwall?
• Forthcoming Events
• DRAG Noticeboard

Advice leaflet produced by the ARC Trust for dog owners and the presence of adders on sites used for dog walking

The Crested Newt – A Dwindling Pond Dweller

by Robert Jehle, Burkhard Thiesmeier and Jim Foster

The beautifully presented book is a 'must' read for all those interested in the evolution, ecology, behaviour, conservation and management of crested newts. It contains 145 pages, 16 colour plates, and approximately 80 figures and tables.

Common toads and roadsGuidance for planners and highways engineers (England)

Advisory leaflet and poster produced by Amphibian and Reptile Conservation to assist those involved in Environmental Stewardship.  The leaflet provides summary information about reptiles and habitat requirements and suggests Enviromental Stewardship options that may benefit them.

Edited by Tony Gent and Steve Gibson, published by JNCC in 1998 and revised in 2003.  Out of print, so now available only as pdf downloads.  Some of the information is now out of date, but this still contains a lot of useful information for herp workers.

This handbook is the first attempt to bring together habitat management advice for all native UK reptiles. The half dozen species here have experienced population declines, and are now all Biodiversity Action Plan priorities. The handbook is aimed at site managers, and those who advise on management. It gives advice for a range of settings, from dedicated nature reserves to farmland and includes a useful appendix of Environmental Stewardship options.

Produced by ARC. More information on their website >>

What you need to know about licensing if you are pond dipping in a pond where there are great crested newts.  Download from the Natural England Website.

Download from the Natural England website.

A Publication to download from the Nature England Website