Toad NUTS Noordhoek Unpaid Toad Savers

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  • melissa lottering
  • Nicholas
  • Mark Becker
  • John Ryan
  • Suzie
  • Cathleen Hughes
  • Sylvia Jean Brass
  • Helen Turnbull

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melissa lottering is now a member of Toad NUTS Noordhoek Unpaid Toad Savers
18 hours ago
If you come over Ou Kaapse Weg, turn right into Silvermine Road, then right into Noordhoek main Road, drive past the farm village on your right, then the common with horses on the left, turn left after the horses, right into Beach road, half way d...
on Sunday
Where is the Red Hearing Restaurant ?
on Sunday
Suzie added a blog post
Dear fellow toad-lovers; It is time to stand together in our fight to save our much-loved Western Leopard Toad! That’s right folks – breeding season is upon us. Our amorous amphibians are getting ready for their annual migration to their local pon...
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Nicholas updated their profile
July 1
Sylvia Jean Brass added a photo
Sylvia with treasured pets Teddy and Amy
June 29
Welcome to ToadNUTS Sylvia, hope you enjoy the site!
June 29
Sylvia Jean Brass is now a member of Toad NUTS Noordhoek Unpaid Toad Savers
June 28
 

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About the Toad NUTS!

The Toad NUTS (Noordhoek Unpaid Toad Savers) are an exciting group of volunteers based in Noordhoek with the sole aim of saving the endangered Western Leopard Toad. We are also supported by the Western Leopard Toad Conservation Comittee who looks after WLT's for the rest of the Cape Peninsula. Please feel free to join our website to stay up to date with our Toad news. Please share your toad encounters and photos with us!

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Volunteer meetings for 2009 breeding season!

The Western Leopard Toad Conservation Comittee invites you to attend your local toad volunteer meeting:


Tokai area: Monday 22nd June 1930 - 2100 Tokai Library, Tokai Rd, Tokai

Edith Stevens area: Tuesday 23rd June 1930 - 2100 Edith Stevens Wetland Park, Lansdowne Rd, Phillipi

Fish Hoek area: Wednesday 24th June 1930 - 2100 Fish Hoek Library Hall Central Circle, Fish Hoek

Constantia area: Thursday 25th June 1930 - 2100 Alphen Hall, Constantia Main Rd, Constantia

Observatory area: Monday 29th June 1930 - 2100 Valkenberg EE Center, Valkenberg Hospital, Off Liesbeek Parkway Rd, Observatory

Hout Bay area: Tuesday 30 June 1930 - 2100 Hout Bay Library, 20 Melkhout Crescent, Hout Bay

Glencairn area: Wednesday 1st July 1930 - 2100 Southern Right Hotel, Entrance of Glen Rd, Glencairn

Zeekoevlei area: Thursday 2nd July 1930 - 2100 Rondevlei Nature Reserve, 1 Fisherman's Walk, Zeekoevlei.

Kirstenhof area: Monday 6th July 1930 - 2100 The Barn, The Sanctuary, Kirstenhof

Meadowridge area: Tuesday 7th July 1930 - 2100 Meadowridge Library C/o Howard Drive, Meadowridge

Noordhoek area: Monday 20th July 1930 - 2100 Red Herring restaurant, Beach Road, Noordhoek

Did you know?

'Amphibian' comes from the Greek word amphibios which means 'double life' meaning that they can live on land and water. A Western Leopard Toad is an amphibian that starts out its life living purely in water. After the toad has gone through a process called metamorphosis, it lives on land returning to the wetlands only to breed as an adult about 2 or 3 years later. Although toads don't live in water, they do need to stay in a cool damp habitat such as a burrow, drainpipe, retainer block, pile of wood, under decking or thick vegetation.

Blog Posts

Suzie

Toad volunteer meeting at 7:30pm Monday 20th July at the Red Herring restaurant!

Dear fellow toad-lovers;
It is time to stand together in our fight to save our much-loved Western Leopard Toad! That’s right folks – breeding season is upon us. Our amorous amphibians are getting ready for their annual migration to their local ponds for a little toad love! They face a number of trechorous road crossings and need our help!

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Posted by Suzie on July 4, 2009 at 3:27pm — 2 Comments

Alison Faraday

Toad Information Boards up at Noordhoek Farm Village

After months of planning and conceptualising; designing and editing, the first comprehensive Western Leopard Toad Information Boards were erected at the Noordhoek Farm Village in Cape Town. Our goal is to erect a further 10 sets of these boards around the greater Cape Town area.
Suzie and Alison were delighted to see the hard work of the team proudly displayed at last.
Although there have been toad boards (at other locations) in the past, our boards are the first to explain how to welcContinue

Posted by Alison Faraday on June 22, 2009 at 7:00am

Suzie

ToadNUTS go Montessori!


ToadNUTS Alison and Michelle excited the minds of our future generation on how to conserve our biodiversity as well as our environment!

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Posted by Suzie on June 3, 2009 at 9:59pm

Suzie

Check out Mark Sampson at Rioja 12th & 13th June!

Posted by Suzie on June 2, 2009 at 12:30am

Mark Day

Toads on Facebook

Hi Everyone

This is just a quick invite for all of your keen toad lovers, if you are on facebook, join the toad group entitled, "The Endangered Western Leopard Toad."

Thanks for the support! ToadNUTS do it again! You guys rock.

Posted by Mark Day on June 1, 2009 at 1:30pm

Alison Faraday

Toad NUTS exibit at first ever Conservation Marketplace

There are a large number of conservation organisations doing excellent work in South Africa. Many are run by volunteers who give their time willingly to making a difference to their chosen environments. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) recognised a communication and networking gap within the conservation world, and decided to take action.

On the 12th May 2009, SANBI hosted a networking and funding forum called the CONSERVATION MARKETPLACE. It was he… Continue

Posted by Alison Faraday on May 28, 2009 at 10:08am

Suzie

For those of you that missed the 50/50 insert on the 4th May, here's the text which went together with Mark Becker's kind contribution of Sabrina & the toads and Thalia & the Toadsaver.

Toktokkie 4-May-2009

Producer: Anika Smith

Western Leopard Toad.


Ntokozo to Cam:
Ons het laasweek Nasionale padda dag gevier, en met die opwinding nog sterk in die lug is die week se Toktokkie nogsteeds gepas.

Suzie from Noordhoek in Cape Town sent us this lovely contribution.


They noticed that the endangered Western Leopard toadlets had emerged from their breeding pond and was worried that the toadlets were drowning in swimming pools in the area. Suzie and her friend Alison Faraday went… Continue

Posted by Suzie on May 26, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Suzie

ToadNUTS hop over to cnn.com!

Check out http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html for this article published yesterday,
Copy and paste the link above for the full story!

Here are three snippets of the article;

(...By John D. Sutter CNN -- ...This "citizen science" movement is not exactly new, but it has grown fresh legs as the Internet and social-networking sites help people with uber-specified and often bizarre interests gang up for a cause...

...Dr. John Measey, a researche… Continue

Posted by Suzie on May 5, 2009 at 10:00pm

Suzie

Comedy evening success!

Thank you to all who attended our comedy evening and unveiling of our very first Western Leopard Toad information board to be placed at the farm village - Noordhoek!
On Friday night we managed to raise almost enough money to print our second board to be placed in the Sunvalley area! Well done to all who contributed!
A big thank you to Rioja restaurant for their amazing food and venue; Alison Faraday, Jenny Trethowan and John Measey for their amazing speeches and to Mark Sampson for a funfilled e… Continue

Posted by Suzie on May 4, 2009 at 2:36pm — 2 Comments

Suzie

Be sure to watch 50/50 this Monday 4th May at 730pm on Sabc 2 for 'Thalia & the Toadsaver'

This is our very first apperance on TV so be sure to catch our video clip on 50/50 on Monday 730pm Sabc 2, hope you enjoy! Our clip is at the end of the programme around 820pm so be sure to catch it!

Posted by Suzie on May 2, 2009 at 2:30pm

Suzie

Save the frogs day - 28 April

check out www.savethefrogs.com

Posted by Suzie on April 14, 2009 at 1:24pm

Suzie

Toad NUTS invite you to a fundraising comedy evening with Mark Sampson at Barocca lounge - Solole!

Join the Toad NUTS for a Comedy evening hosted by our very own Mark Sampson!
This unique and hilarious event will feature the unveiling of the very first Western Leopard Toad education board in the Western Cape paid for by funds raised by The Toad NUTS' December auction aswell as NEAG and Conservancy funding.
Join us to celebrate this landmark in conservation supported by The Western Leopard Toad Conservation Comittee.
Together we can keep those toads hopping!
All welcome!

Venue: Barocca lounge… Continue

Posted by Suzie on April 3, 2009 at 8:00pm

Suzie

Key breeding pond unsuccessful.


The Toad NUTS have taken action after witnessing an unsuccessful toadlet season in one of our key breeding ponds this year. There have been numerous reports of a lack of toadlets this year from various residents living in the inner buffer zone (1km area around a breeding pond where to… Continue

Posted by Suzie on March 2, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Suzie

Toad chooses drain over vynbos!



After our best efforts, this resident toad refuses to live in the vynbos and keeps returning to a hazardous drain which is regularly doused with hot water and harmful chemicals! The toad obviously likes the cool, damp, predator-free drain where life is easy and no strenuous burrow… Continue

Posted by Suzie on January 20, 2009 at 6:30am

Alison Faraday

Toad removed from house drain - Fish Hoek

A concerned Fish Hoek resident called me before New Year to ask advice about a large leopard toad who seemed to have made a comfortable home in her kitchen drain. Her concern was that the toad was being regularly doused in hot water from the sink waste pipe as well as soapy water from the washing machine outlet. (Toads often make homes in what for us would be the most unsuitable places - drainpipes, gutters, pool outlet pipes and kitchen drains. Some of these homes may even be potentially harContinue

Posted by Alison Faraday on January 4, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Suzie

28 Dec 08 - 389 saved from becoming roadkill!




Triggered by the rain yesterday, Cape Point Vineyards was a hotspot for WLtoadlets starting their first mass migration to the foraging grounds (our gardens!) Toadlets were air lifted over a busy Silvermine Road by eager volunteers between 2pm and 8pm saving 389 toadl… Continue

Posted by Suzie on December 29, 2008 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Suzie

Christmas came early for ToadNUTS!


(The photo was really hard to take as these little fellows are incredibly tiny!) The Western Leopard toadlets have finally arrived just in time for Christmas!! .. all we could ask for from Santa!! Last year this pond didn't produce any toadlets due to the exotic Carp fish who pre… Continue

Posted by Suzie on December 24, 2008 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Alison Faraday

Toadlets emerge from vineyard pond - 23rd December

Tonight saw the emergence of the first toadlets (that we know of) in the Noordhoek valley from one of the vineyard ponds. After several weeks of speculation, we were so excited to see our 'babies' starting their journey into their life beyond the pond. Mark Becker will be posting some footage soon.

The toadlets are so incredible small and very hard to see (imagine a 10c piece). We anticipate that the rains of the next 24 hours will see a lot more toadlets leaving the ponds. Please keep a very c… Continue

Posted by Alison Faraday on December 23, 2008 at 11:58pm

Suzie

Merry Christmas!

To all friends of the Western Leopard Toad.

May you have a memorable festive season & a prosperous 2009! See you in the new year**



Best Wishes from The

Western Leopard Toad Conservation Committee

Posted by Suzie on December 22, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Alison Faraday

Toad in the Village auctions off Nags Head memorabilia

When we decided to call ourselves the Toad NUTS (Noordhoek's Unpaid Toad Savers), we knew what people might think - but hey, it's what the toads think that counts right (and they seem pretty happy to be saved by people who are a little mad)! So we were chuffed when we were approached by Bobby and Paul from the Toad in the Village Pub (Noordhoek Farm Village) with the offer to auction off the old Nags Head memorabilia as their donation to Western Leopard Toad Conservation in our valley. Cl… Continue

Posted by Alison Faraday on December 18, 2008 at 12:31pm

 
 

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