Must of climbed

[davyw1]

out of the water but ,the nearest pond is a milw away

[davyw1]

[pumkinlover]

Great photo he looks quite big compared to ours-(he is a newt not a a lizard or am I being daft?)

[Digeroo]

Nice pic.  But I am confused looks like a lizard to me.  I thought newts have webbed feet and only four toes.

http://www.froglife.org/id/newtvlizard.htm

Though they do spend quite a lot of year out of water.  Great crested newts have orange under belly but it is illegal to touch them.  But we have ponds on three sides of site.

[Robert_Brenchley]

That's a common lizard; newts don't have scales. Put it back where you found it and let it hibernate in peace.