Boom or bust for endangered natterjack toads
Celebrating the release of almost 500 natterjack toadlets at Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, late July 2022, Dr Ferdia Marnell, the amphibian specialist at National Parks and Wildlife Service who has been overseeing the project, refers to the natterjack toads as a “boom or bust” species. And this year was not one of the good ones. The captive rearing ensures that some eggs do make it through to toadlets every year and…