Global amphibian populations are declining due to habitat loss, pollution, climate change and diseases and Toad is keen to help.
Volunteering as a citizen scientist he can play a helpful role.
With his trusty camera and notebook, he is recording sightings of frog life. On his back is a wildlife pond with a diverse ecosystem including toads, newts, waterlilies and rushes.
About the artist
Jodie Silverman is a Manchester based Fine Artist and Creative Facilitator.
She specialises in figurative oil painting and loves to include surreal and symbolic elements in her work which help her tell stories.
She has been widely commissioned, painting over 45 sculptures for Wild in Art Trails and her work is in private collections worldwide.