Common Toad Bufo bufo adult males group attempting mate dead female drowned during mating 'ball' farm pond Chipping Lancashire

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Common Toad (Bufo bufo) adult males, group attempting to mate with dead female, drowned during mating 'ball', in farm pond, Chipping, Lancashire, England, march

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