Nottingham Post published The Nottingham Post Environmental Awards: Village's toads are not...

Toads might not be everyone's cup of tea but one woman in the little village of Oxton has been working to save them for decades.Margaret Cooper was sick of seeing the amphibians flattened by cars in Beanford Lane, so she decided to do something about it.Now, the lane, which hundreds of toads hop across to get to their breeding ponds, is closed every spring for the mating season.Margaret can often be seen with her helpers and a bucket, plucking stray toads off the road and helping them to...