{"id":868,"date":"2023-02-12T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T12:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/?page_id=868"},"modified":"2023-03-03T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:13:02","slug":"winscombe-hill-toad-patrol-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/winscombe-hill-toad-patrol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winscombe Hill Toad Patrol (WTP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-huge-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>HELP SAVE OUR TOADS<\/strong><\/h1>\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 some background information, please visit our <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/winscombe-hill-toad-patrol\/\"><strong>WTP home page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>We appeal to drivers to&nbsp;<em>PLEASE<\/em>&nbsp;avoid lanes connecting the A38 to the A371 to safeguard the future of the WINSCOMBE HILL toad population which is now&nbsp;VULNERABLE TO EXTINCTION&nbsp;in spite of the efforts of the volunteer patrollers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture4-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture4-1.png 333w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture4-1-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Latest News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Warning Signs will be in place by mid-February until the end of March<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 13th January WTP volunteers agreed with the North Somerset Council (Highways Department) proposal to use warning signs rather than a diversion as it is likely to be more effective (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 28th November 2022, Winscombe and Sandford Parish Council supported the WTP proposal for a temporary diversion on Winscombe Hill and Barton Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WTP volunteers collected over1200 local signatures on a petition to close the roads from dusk to dawn in February and March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-1024x743.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3.png 1153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"http:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture2-1024x744.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture2-1024x744.png 1024w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture2-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Picture2.png 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELP SAVE OUR TOADS For some background information, please visit our WTP home page We appeal to drivers to&nbsp;PLEASE&nbsp;avoid lanes connecting the A38 to the A371 to safeguard the future of the WINSCOMBE HILL toad population which is now&nbsp;VULNERABLE TO EXTINCTION&nbsp;in spite of the efforts of the volunteer patrollers. Latest News Warning Signs will be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/winscombe-hill-toad-patrol-2\/\" 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\/868"}],"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=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":890,"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/868\/revisions\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersetarg.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}