Dune project aims to aid rare toads and beetles
Cumbria is one of the natterjack toad's last strongholds in Britain, a conservationist says.
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"There's only a few thousand left in the whole of the UK."
— Jack Harper , Activist
"As far we know, the rare beetles can only be found at two locations in the UK - the Sefton sand dunes between Southport and Liverpool and Drigg in Cumbria."
— Jack Harper , Activist
"The answer to that may be no."
— Jack Harper , Activist
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Cumbria is one of the natterjack toad's last strongholds in Britain, a conservationist says.
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