Ten biodiversity projects to help endangered species in the UK have been given grants worth two million pounds generated from landfill taxes. Outnumbered star, Daniel Roche came face to face with a toad at Trent Park in Cockfosters, London when funding group, WREN, announced who will receive the money. 

Ten conservation charities have been given grants of between 100,000 and 250,000 pounds each to create or improve a range of habitats close to landfill sites that support endangered species.

Outnumbered star, Daniel Roche talks to Rebecca Turpin of Froglife and ends up with a toad on his head.

Froglife has received almost 200,000 pounds to create and restore urban ponds in Glasgow and North Lanarkshire. Following on from the success of pond restoration projects in London and Cambridge, the new pond habitats will enable children in cities to have firsthand experience of frogs and toads.

Butterfly Conservation has received over 230,000 pounds to create habitats for the Duke of Burgundy and pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies. They will use the money to restore limestone grassland on the North Yorkshire Moors.

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has been awarded 107,000 pounds to create reedbeds as homes for bittern snipe and water voles.

Other projects to receive funding include Cumbria Wildlife Trust to create habitats for juniper trees, the Woodland Trust to conserve ancient woodland in Cumbria, the National Trust to conserve marshland in the Fens, and the RSPB to restore wetland areas near Glasgow.

The not-for-profit organisation WREN (Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd) has earmarked ten million pounds for biodiversity projects over next five years. The money comes from landfill taxes paid by waste management company, Waste Recycling Group (WRG).