Planet Purbeck Festival 2024

ARC will be attending the Nature and Wellbeing Fair as part of the Planet Purbeck Festival 2024!

Speak to us to learn more about our native amphibians and reptiles, and how you can help to conserve them!

Latest

Natterjack Toad Habitat Work Party (Scotland)

Help to improve the habitat of Scotland’s rarest amphibian - the natterjack toad!
Beautiful sand lizard sculpture created by ARC Member features in Heathland Art Trail

In this guest blog by Sally Ferguson (ARC Member and part-time MA fine Art student at UCA) Sally explains how her recent sculpture was inspired by a wildlife encounter
Avon Heath Wildlife Day

Visit Avon Heath Country Park for a day of reptile surveys, pond dipping, bug hunting, bird box making and more!
Sand Wasps benefit from lizard conservation

ARC reserves are havens for many different organisms, not only reptiles and amphibians. Warm dry heathlands are home to a large proportion of ~ 500 species of nest-building wasps and bees.

Avon Heath Wildlife Day

Visit Avon Heath Country Park for a day of reptile surveys, pond dipping, bug hunting, bird box making and more!
ARC-BHS Joint Scientific Meeting 2024

The ARC-BHS Joint Scientific Meeting is back for 2024 on Saturday 30th November, with a range of fascinating talks about amphibian and reptile biology and conservation.
Pembrey Country Park - Steam Rally and Country Fayre

Find ARC's Adder Action Officer at the Pembrey Country Park Steam Rally & Country Fayre!
ARC Members Day 2024

Join ARC Staff at the New Forest Reptile Centre near Lyndhurst on Wednesday 4th September for a chance to see native amphibians and reptiles up close and to find out more about ARC’s work to protect these animals in the wild.
Blackmoor Estate’s famous Apple Tasting Day 2024

See ARC at Blackmoor Estate’s famous Apple Tasting Day!
Volunteering with ARC in Dorset

Take a look for our habitat management volunteer tasks on our Dorset reserves, every Wednesday running 10-3 come and help us out with managing our nature reserves.
Volunteering with ARC in Surrey / Hampshire

Tuesday volunteer tasks carrying out habitat management and surveying for rare reptile species on SSSI lowland heathland sites in the Surrey / Hampshire Weald.

Facts and advice on adder bites

Facts about adder bites and answers to frequently asked questions about prevention and treatment. This text is based on ARC’s research and experience, published evidence, and authoritative sources.
Adder

where to find adders, how to identify them, their lifecycle and protection status.
newts FAQs

Answers to some frequently asked questions about... newts!
Slow-worm

Where to find slow-worms (legless lizard), how to identify them, their lifecycle and protection status.
Frogs & toads FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions about... frogs and toads!
Vacancies

Come and work for us! See our current vacancies.
Smooth newt

Where to find the smooth newt, how to identify them, their lifecycle and protection status.
Where do frogs go in winter?

Answers to some frequently asked questions about common frog hibernation
Great crested newt

Where to find the great crested newt, how to identify them, their lifecycle and protection status.
Report your sightings!

Let us know which amphibians and reptiles you've seen