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Amphibian and Reptile Conservation @ARC_Bytes

#Amphibian and #Reptile #Conservation - help us give a voice to the UK's disappearing #frogs, #toads, #newts, #snakes and #lizards. Join #GardenDragonWatch!

Joined December 2008
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Did you know there are lots of ways to keep up to date with ARC's news and updates? You can do this via our website, eNews or various social media platforms. Visit arc-trust.org for more details.
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Wild Summit@WildSummitUK
9 Jun 2025
11 September will see campaigners, policy makers, nature experts & more coming to Bristol for the first ever #WildSummitUK📣 Book your ticket now & be part of a day all about celebrating nature, & pushing for action to restore it🌱 wcl.org.uk/wildsummituk.asp
Illustration of a natural landscape collage, with rolling hills, trees, clouds in the sky and wildlife including an otter, owl, swift and butterflies. Hikers can also be seen, as can the ocean on the horizon

ALT Illustration of a natural landscape collage, with rolling hills, trees, clouds in the sky and wildlife including an otter, owl, swift and butterflies. Hikers can also be seen, as can the ocean on the horizon

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Wildlife and Countryside Link
@WCL_News
25 Mar 2025
We’re proud to join nature & farming groups calling for Government to increase the nature-friendly farming budget🧑‍🌾 Cuts could scupper the vital work of farmers trying to restore soils, boost nature & grow healthy food🌱🌽 Read more via @StephSpyro 👇 express.co.uk/news/politics/…
A bird perched on a wildflower on the edge of field

ALT A bird perched on a wildflower on the edge of field
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Wildlife and Countryside Link
@WCL_News
13 Mar 2025
A better resourced & more ambitious nature-friendly farming scheme would: 🌽Boost food security 🌊Help prevent flooding & river pollution 🦉Aid wildlife recovery & rural communities Government must increase budget for sustainable farming incentive👇 standard.co.uk/news/politics…

Government under fire over abrupt closure of key nature-friendly farming scheme

Ministers said the budget for the sustainable farming incentive had been spent.

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Did you know there are lots of ways to keep up to date with ARC's news and updates? You can do this via our website, eNews or various social media platforms. Visit arc-trust.org for more details.
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Some hopefully useful links here: linktr.ee/arc_trust
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Join Cornwall Wildlife Trust for an engaging field training course delivered by ARC's Rob Ward. This training is perfect for anyone with an interest in herpetofauna, from nature enthusiasts to early-career ecologists looking to develop their skills 👇 arc-trust.org/Event/cornwall…
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Todays #PlanningBill includes welcome safeguards to ensure infrastructure & nature recovery can go hand-in-hand. It must be backed by strong enforcement to stop unsustainable development. We want a system that's #WilderByDesign protection for wildlife 👇 wcl.org.uk/nature-groups-rea…
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Our South Wales officer Pete Hill has been busy all Winter collaborating with various Local Authorities and creating networks of ponds for great crested newts. Here are just a few of the new ponds. We look forward to monitoring the ponds as wildlife colonizes them.
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NewtPartnership@NewtPartnership
4 Mar 2025
🌱 We are working with Nattergal at Boothby Wildland in Lincolnshire to compensate for habitat lost through Network Rail development. In 2023, we created a new pond complex for great crested newts to breed in: freshwaterhabitats.b-cdn.net… @ARC_Bytes @freshwaterhabs @NatureSpaceUK
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The CJS Team@CountrysideJobs
5 Mar 2025
Sussex Project Officer, @NewtPartnership with @ARC_Bytes Permanent contract, home working based in Sussex c-js.uk/41pu5xJ
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📢 NEW VACANCY! - Health & Safety and Field Officer Dorset | £27-28k | Full time | Permanent You'll be responsible for managing Health & Safety relating to the Trust & its activities and work with Dorset Field Team on our heathland management programme 👉 arc-trust.org/vacancies
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ARC's @SpeciesEdge project officer Liam was joined by staff & students from the University of Glasgow for a day of scrub bashing as part of Student Volunteering Week. The group selectively removed gorse bushes for the benefit of native wildflowers such as the common rock-rose.
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Many families decide to honour the life of a lost loved one by suggesting donations in lieu of giving flowers. These gifts are a special gesture that help further a cause close to the family or loved ones heart. Find out more at arc-trust.org/legacies

Legacies and Gifts in Memory

Remembering ARC in your Will or giving a gift in memory of a loved one is a special way to support the future of the UK's amphibians and reptiles.

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In his latest blog Matt Cooke ARC's @NaturAmByth Adder Action Project Officer shares how he has been exploring adder attitudes, training and recruiting volunteers and making plans for spring 2025. Read more 👇 arc-trust.org/adder-action-e…
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HAVE YOU GOT SPAWN YET? 🐸 As the weather warms up there are signs of spring starting to appear all around us. One of the most iconic of these is frogspawn in our local ponds. We’ve had lots of enquiries about breeding and spawning. Answer to some FAQs 👇 arc-trust.org/news/signs-of-…
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Last chance to sign up for our ONLINE 'reptile ID and survey methods' session on 3rd March (lunch-time). Find out more and book 👉 arc-trust.org/events #OnlineTraining #ReptileConservation #WildlifeSurvey #ReptileID #ARCsurveys #SSAAR
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The Canary reports on government's planning reform proposals, including comments from ARC 👇 thecanary.co/long-read/2025/…

To tackle the housing, climate, and biodiversity crises, Labour must fix the rigged planning system

We are in an ecological and climate emergency. Yet Labour's overhaul of the planning system prioritises economic growth over our environment.

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In January the aquaria and associated equipment used by ARC to head-start northern pool frog tadpoles were moved to @banhamzoo. Here they will be housed in a specially designed captive breeding facility – ready for the first intake of frog spawn from the wild later this year.
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Last chance to sign up for our ONLINE 'reptile ID and survey methods' session on 27th February (evening). Find out more and book 👉 arc-trust.org/events #OnlineTraining #ReptileConservation #WildlifeSurvey #ReptileID #ARCsurveys #SSAAR
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⏰CLOSES SOON We're looking for someone who… 🐍 has worked/studied wildlife conservation 📚 understands UK schooling systems 🐝 is passionate about connecting young people to nature …to develop a new national education #HopSpotsProject 👉 arc-trust.org/vacancies @HeritageFundUk
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