toad) prior to the M = 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake on 6 April 2009. Toads had been studied at the site for the four years preceding the earthquake, and had showed normal activity, mating and spawning continuously for a period of 3--6 weeks each spring and not leaving the site until spawning was completed. Prior to the earthquake, however, and coinciding with disturbances in the ionosphere detected by radio sounding methods, toads disappeared from the breeding site, only returning when the earthquake was over. This behaviour could be deemed "unusual" as normal behaviour over the preceding four years had been recorded.

This behaviour differs in several respects from the "frog swarms" reported in the media. The behaviour noted by Grant and Halliday) \[[@B10-animals-03-00962]\] involved an unusual sharp decrease in numbers'Serious accident' between car and motorbike closes Fylde road

Lancashire Police have closed a section of road after an accident on the Fylde.

The section of A586 Garstang Road between Great Eccleston and the Windy Harbour Holiday Park traffic lights is currently closed as police deal with what they have labelled a "serious accident" between a car and a motorbike.

A police spokesman said: "We received a report at 5:57pm from the North West Ambulance Service about the incident.

"There are officers currently on the scene. It is still ongoing and the road closure is set to be in place for some time."

Motorists are advised to avoid the area while police deal with the incident.