Sightings
of frogs have slumped in recent years
12 MARCH
2019 • 6:00AM
Householders
are being urged to dig ponds in their gardens, or fill washing up bowls with
water, to help stem the decline in frogs, newts and hedgehogs.
The
Wildlife Trusts and Royal
Horticultural Society (RHS) are concerned that the disappearance of
ponds is damaging wildlife.
Recent
figures from the RSPB showed frog sightings have fallen by 15 per
cent while toads have declined 28 per cent since 2014.
Ponds are
a vital habitats and water sources for amphibians and small mammals but
housebuilders now rarely include them in garden designs, and the number of
municipal ponds has halved from one million to 500,000 in the past 150 years.
Health
and safety fears has led to many ponds being filled in in recent years
following calls from the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) and the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa).
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