#common toads

Hitching a Lift, Common toads (Bufo bufo), Cromarty, Scotland

‘The common toad migration to their spawning grounds can be a spectacular event to watch. As the large females make their way to the water, the smaller males approach them to try and hitch a lift. It can result in some amusing behaviour, as multiple males will often try to mount the same female. This image was captured just as one of the males tried to push away another’

Photograph: James Roddie

Date Night in the city

Common toads moving towards mating grounds in a Budapest suburb. In spring, a large number of toads are hit by cars or trams as they migrate through Budapest to find appropriate bodies of water in the suburbs to lay their spawns

Photograph: Mano Aliczki/Picfair