Gardeners asked to protect tadpoles

Gardeners have been asked to help protect tadpoles as one wildlife trust claims that only a handful of the creatures make it to becoming a frog.

The Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) said that with spawning season upon us, gardeners should do their best to protect tadpoles against birds, fish and foxes as frogs are welcome in the garden because they eat slugs, snails and other pests.

Laura Bristow, SWT's wildlife information officer, told the Argus: "Recent warm conditions have helped many invasive species to flourish and spread throughout the UK.

"Invasive, non-native species have already caused serious problems to wildlife and unfortunately climate change is making this worse.

"We need to give our wildlife flexibility to adapt by providing high quality habitats as invasive plants in particular cause serious dangers to amphibians and other wildlife throughout the year," she added.

Other ways that gardeners can help increase the likelihood of getting a frog include not putting fish into wildlife ponds, using native wetland plants and never moving spawn, tadpoles or plants between ponds.

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