AMPHIBIANS AT PAPITZER LACHEN

March 2010
At the end of March my companion Marcus and I looked for amphibians, particularly
for Moor Frogs Rana arvalis and European Toads Bufo bufo.
I hoped to get a few recordings in a quiet a surrounding – but our mission failed.
Our destination was a nature reserve in the north of Leipzig called Papitzer Lachen
(Papitz`s Puddles).
There are a few puddles surrounded by meadows, small bushes and rows of trees.
To our surprise there were a lot of European Fire-bellied Toads Bombina bombina
in full activity. But there were a lot of people too!
Their dogs had been flushing birds and so on… In addition there was heavy noise
from the motorway two kilometers away.