Such a handsome chap
Dovefromabove
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I was pulling up the wallflowers in the front garden when I found this handsome chap. No wonder the Hostas in that bed are so free from damage. 
Mr Toad the Gardeners friend
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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He's a beauty Dove.
I took a pic yesterday of one of my frogpoles but as he's only about 2cm long, only I know he's in the picture! He's in the bottom left quarter at the join between the two leaves. Can you see him?
How can people call toads ugly?
Some people have no taste or imagination
PP I've spotted him
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Toads are very handsome
In the sticks near Peterborough
I took it with my phone camera so the quality is rubbish.
I have to admit I was talking to him. He was a bit lively and I had visions of a "you've been framed" moment of him leaping at me and me ending up in the pond on top of him.
My Hostas aren't doing too bad either, I've got ducks in the garden do they eat slugs ?
Yes ducks do. It seems like they are the key to your Hostas success indeed!
He's a fine specimen. I've got at least 8 adult frogs and some smooth newts in my garden pond and, guess what? Very few slugs and snails.
No toads spotted as yet. I understand that they are getting much less common due to traffic fatalities. They crawl as opposed to hop. so are less adept at getting out of the way of oncoming vehicles.
I've got loads of slugs and snails , also got lots of frogs and toads, so why aren't they eating the slugs.
He's a smasher Dove
We had loads of toads (ooh that rhymed!) at our last house. I remember renovating the edge of the smaller pond, and when I moved some rocks, there was a little toad sitting in the little dark space behind them. I felt really bad about disturbing his little home, so I put the rocks back in the same place and reorganised another bit instead...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...