Britain's rarest amphibian, the natterjack toad, is restricted to coastal dunes and heathland, requiring intensive management to maintain its small and fragmented populations.
Natterjack toad populations are so small and fragmented that any local threat can cause extinction of a subpopulation. Conservation management including pool creation directly improves breeding success and individual welfare. Climate warming may benefit natterjacks in the short term but threaten their coastal habitats through sea level rise.