Among the volunteers to come to their aid was Laura Edwards-White from the Rea Valley Community Wildlife Group.
She said she saw a message on Facebook advertising the toad patrol and “just couldn’t help it”.
“You forget, I think, that when you were a child this is what you did, you picked up toads and you picked up frogs and had a look,” she explained.
“As an adult, you’ve forgotten how to do that, so it’s a real privilege to get up close and personal to them now.”
Kat Edwards-White, the secretary of the group, added: “It’s fantastic and you get to pick them up, put them in the bucket, take them to the pond, it’s a good experience.”