NMARG and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust's Biodiverse Society Project jointly organised a training day for their members and volunteer surveyors of the local herpetofauna on April 3rd This included a practical session out in the Sefton dunes  when we managed to find a very early pair of breeding Natterjacks (see picture above)  as well as several Great Crested Newts  Smooth Newts and Common Lizards