Amphibians: a class act

We spent yesterday evening at Potteric Carr, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's flagship reserve near Doncaster. We were there, as N,E & W Yorkshire ARG volunteers, to deliver amphibian survey training as part of the National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme (NARRS) which started in 2007 with the aim of monitoring widespread amphibians and reptiles across the UK by training and coordinating hundreds of volunteer surveyors.

After working our way through the classroom session, we had a great evening of egg searching, netting and torching, on account of the fact that the ponds at Potteric are simply excellent habitats, particularly for great crested newt. There was even a tasty buffet laid on courtesy of Bev at the Potteric Carr café (highly recommended!).

Thanks to everyone who attended as well as Kat (YWT's Inspiring People Assistant) and of course Bev!