Toadlets

These are tiny, young toads which venture out of their birth waters in early spring and appear in our local nature reserves. After spending the winter growing their legs and transforming from tadpoles, the toadlets are often very dark in colour and can be as small as a penny!  

The common toad is found throughout Britain, so you shouldn’t be too far from a place where toads breed, but the places below are our special spots: 

Brockholes Nature Reserve

Wigan Flashes

Cutacre 

Foxhill Bank

Tread carefully – the tiny toadlets are well-camouflaged, making them hard to spot until they leap in the grass ahead of you.  

A group of toadlets (or toads) is called a knot.