{"id":860,"date":"2023-02-12T12:11:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T12:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2023-03-03T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:18:07","slug":"winscombe-hill-toad-patrol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/winscombe-hill-toad-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"Winscombe Hill Toad Patrol (WTP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">HELP SAVE OUR TOADS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>For the latest information, please visit the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/winscombe-hill-toad-patrol-2\/\"><strong>WTP news page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-885\" width=\"331\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture4.png 333w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture4-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winscombe`s toads make their perilous journey, during February and March under cover of darkness, from their hibernation sites in the woodland bordering Winscombe Hill and Church Road to their ancestral breeding ponds lower down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"562\" src=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture1.png 751w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This toad population is significant being the largest in the Mendips, if not in the whole of the county.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><em>2017 was the most prolific when approximately <\/em><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">2000 toads<\/span> <\/em><\/strong><em>were rescued. Tragically since then there has been a national <\/em><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">decline of 60%<\/span>, <\/em><\/strong><em>which is reflected in the number we are collecting on the roads, influenced by the enormous increase in traffic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELP SAVE OUR TOADS For the latest information, please visit the WTP news page History Winscombe`s toads make their perilous journey, during February and March under cover of darkness, from their hibernation sites in the woodland bordering Winscombe Hill and Church Road to their ancestral breeding ponds lower down. Significance This toad population is significant &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/winscombe-hill-toad-patrol\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Winscombe Hill Toad Patrol (WTP)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/revisions\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}