Mr. Baring-Gould has described one of the natives of Thursley Common in the Broom Squire:- The natterjack, so rare elsewhere, differing from a toad in that it has a yellow band down its back, has here a paradise.
"Highways and Byways in Surrey"
Eric Parker
Thursley children like to catch a natterjack to sell.
"Highways and Byways in Surrey"
Eric Parker