A young woman who has dedicated her time to helping thousands of amphibians trying to cross a road during mating season said people have started calling her 'Toad Girl' as a way of making fun of her.
Hayley Watson, from Haydon Bridge, visits a rural road in Hexham several times each week to collect toads into a bucket as they try to move past cars to a pond - and even bandages some toads she notices are injured.
The 30-year-old said she usually helps around 200 toads and 20 frogs every night when the breeding season is in full swing. But without her help, as many as 500 toads are thought to die each night in mating season at the spot.
