Topic: Mrs Newt

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on my plot today ;D/ shades x

[froglets]

Nice one!

[Robert_Brenchley]

A while back I was peering into the pond behind the site when  spotted a newt tadpole. You can tell because they're brown, newt shaped, and have external gills.

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I love newts. Great pic!

[northener]

I have'nt seen a newt in years they were all over when i was a kid. Are they rare nowdays?

[Joolieeee]

i think the greater spotted ones are now protected - if you have them in your pond you're not allowed to move them

[Robert_Brenchley]

That's Great Crested. Common and palmate newts are still fairly common.

[RosieMcPosie]

had one on my lottie the other week- never seen one in the wild before! was very excited!

[froglets]

When they find somewhere they like, they take over.

Last week I was tidying up in the garden.

- pulled up the dead leaves from a geranium, newts underneath - destruction of habitat
- Picked up a handfull of leaves - newt in them.  If it was playing dead, handling a protected animal, if it really was dead, destruction of a protected animal.
- moved two to safety as cat suddenly realised I was making the hunt easy - handling of protected species, removal of protected species from habitat ( astilbe). Swearing at non protected cat.

gave up and went in for a brew.  D*&n Netwts

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 ;D ;D ;D ;D

A real conundrum aint it!

[CoffeePot]

Ooh lovely! I saw one in our pond a couple of years ago (in a plant I was splitting) never seen any since sadly.