Children in Painswick build homes for toads (From Stroud News and Journal)
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Children in Painswick build homes for toads
12:00pm Friday 22nd February 2013 in News
By Hayley Mortimer, Reporter
Children from The Croft Primary School with the wooden toad homes they made at Richmond Retirement Village in Painswick
TOADS in need of a home have somewhere to rest thanks to a workshop run by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
Pupils from The Croft Primary School in Painswick joined staff and residents at Richmond Retirement Village on Friday, February 1 and built more than 20 houses for toads using pieces of timber.
The tent-like structures were given to the children to take home with instructions to part bury them in their garden to provide a safe place for toads to rest.
It is hoped the children will monitor the houses and report any sightings to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
