{"id":533909,"date":"2026-04-16T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533909\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:22:07","slug":"scotlands-only-natterjack-toads-teetering-on-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533909\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland’s only natterjack toads ‘teetering on the brink’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Here in Scotland the natterjack is at the very edge its range; the Solway Coast is the most northerly place on earth you’ll find it.<\/p>\n

“And with its coastal habitat now being at almost constant risk, whether from storms, droughts, or sea level rise, its future in Scotland is teetering on the brink.”<\/p>\n

He said that to ensure its survival it was vital to know how it was faring and urged people in the area to lend a hand.<\/p>\n

Anyone who hears a toad should let ARC know by sending the date, time and location and, if possible, an audio recording to sote@arc-trust.org., external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Here in Scotland the natterjack is at the very edge its range; the Solway Coast is the most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-533909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}