As of: February 29, 2024, 2:34 p.m
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The native pond newt usually migrates to its spawning waters in February © Photo: PantherMedia/ joannawnuk
The first toad fences in the district are in place.
District - As soon as it warms up, the local amphibians wake up from their hibernation and make their way to the spawning waters to lay their eggs there.
Every year they return to the waters in which they transformed themselves from tadpoles to frogs, newts or toads.
A very dangerous journey because they have to cross several roads on their journey.
Last Saturday, the amphibian troop BUND Nature Conservation set up the protective fences in the district.
At the end of February, the road construction department workers don't even know where to start.
On the one hand, the conservationists are urging that the toad fences be put up, and on the other hand, the bushes along the roads must be cut before March 1st because that is when the official bird breeding season begins.
As soon as the fences are in place, the BUND Nature Conservation volunteers have to walk the protective fences every day and check whether there are any toads, frogs or newts in the buckets that are buried along the fence.
The animals are then carefully brought across the road so that they can reproduce in the spawning waters of their origin and thus make their contribution to the preservation of their species.
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