Ham Photos is a growing archive of photos of Ham (at the meeting of Richmond upon Thames and Kingston upon Thames in south-west London), where I have lived since 1996. It captures the small changes that are easily missed and delights in the unusual, the unexpected and the unnoticed.
19 January 2012
Looking out for toads
As Church Road hits Latchmere Lane and turns sharply north toward Ham Gate there is a stark warning that we may encounter toads (not frogs as I first thought). I suspect we are meant to worry more about their safety more than our own but as I have never encountered any there I cannot comment on their ferocity.
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ReplyDeleteYou might (or not!) be interested to know that this to warn you of toads crossing: they return to the same place to breed year after year, often in large numbers. Even if a road gets in the way...
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/richmondnews/8904441.Toads_crossing_forces_road_closures/