A comprehensive monitoring programme has been set up to help ensure the toads continue to breed successfully. Loss of habitat Natterjack toads were last recorded on the North Wales coast during the 1960s. Their numbers dwindled because of a loss of breeding and feeding areas because of building work, tourist developments, and human disturbance. But as part of a UK recovery project, partly funded by CCW and its English equivalent English Nature, conservationists have been able to re-establish toad populations in several areas. The natterjack toad is a vulnerable species in many areas of Europe, and is protected under UK and European law.
Adult toads like to burrow in soft sand where they hide in daytime and hibernate in winter.
The male makes a loud rasping call during the breeding season.