LIFE BaltCoast

1. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. LIFE BaltCoast • Threats to Natura 2000 • Coastal lagoons: eutrophication, drying out and overgrowing • Coastal meadows and connected coastal habitat types are negatively affected by lack of grazing, overgrowing and bad hydrology caused by draining • Problems with invasive species • Lack of suitable habitats for rare end threatened species (meadow birds, amphibians and plant species) Annita Svendsen September 2008

2. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. LIFE BaltCoast • Methods to address the threats I • Detailed management plans • “Holistic view” of habitat types and species • Looking at historical data and potentials for the different sites • Expert group • Knowledge about habitat requirement of the different species Annita Svendsen September 2008

3. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. LIFE BaltCoast • Methods to address the threats II • Improving hygrologi • Making shallow floodings • Digging and improving shallow ponds • Cutting down overgrown parts of the vegetation - hereby invasive species • Improving of the grazing regimen with robust cattle • Shearing knowledge through workshops and networking with landowners and authorities • Information about the project to the public • Making a best practise guide Annita Svendsen September 2008

4. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. LIFE BaltCoast • Challenges • Work and communication across borders of different countries / authoritative systems – but also the big value of our project • Working with the complex of habitat types and different species Annita Svendsen September 2008

5. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. The fire bellied toad: The fire bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is the target specie of this international LIFE-Project. It is listed on Annex II of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive. The males of this specie have a melodic call, reminding at a church bell ringing far away which is also the reason for the Danish name ‚Klokkefrø’ (bellfrog). The fire-bellied toads are living whole summer in ponds. Breeding ponds had to have good water quality and sunny banks and low vegetation structures at pond banks. There the males are calling in warm nights and later spawning of eggs-clusters will happen. These requirements can easily and cost effectively fulfilled by grazing management with robust cattle. For hibernation during the winter coastal cliffs, mammal holes, edges of woodlands or hedge walls are used. LIFE BaltCoast • Findings of relevance • Strategies and methods for managing the complex of coastal habitats and connected species • Danish programme for renting robust cattle to manage project sites • Networking with landowners and authorities - pass on our experiences • Information to the public about the project Annita Svendsen September 2008