Common Toad, Bufo bufo
First double-digit temperatures? This is when we set off at the latest, but sometimes even earlier, alone or when we meet up as a couple on our journey, piggybacking on the way to our spawning waters.
In many places today, we are helped to make the roads safe on the way to and from our spawning waters by protecting us with the help of toad fences and collecting us in buckets and carrying us across the roads.
On stretches of road where our migration routes cross your routes unprotected, please show consideration for us. Keep an eye out and slow down to 30 km/h \ 18mph. At higher speeds, we can suffer fatal internal injuries from the air pressure generated by passing cars.
Illustrated for the Spessart Nature Park, Naturpark-Spessart (DE), Gustavsee Project
Artistic materials: Schmincke watercolor, Polychromos colored pencils on Hahnemuehle “Britannia” 300gr/sqm paper with final light digital editing or final composing.
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