just looked in my little garden pond and see at least 5 palmate newts and then at my back door a female great crested newt .....not seen one for years
things waking up
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I have newts in my garden too, I spotted one slipping into the pond on Sunday morning, and like you I thought, hmmm, things are wakening up.
We no longer have GC newts. The council gave permission for three blocks of flats to be built on the 'hayfield' over the burn a few years ago.
This is now tarmac, walls and 96 flats
and no great crested newts.
I have newts in my garden too, I spotted one slipping into the pond on Sunday morning, and like you I thought, hmmm, things are wakening up.
We no longer have GC newts. The council gave permission for three blocks of flats to be built on the 'hayfield' over the burn a few years ago.
This is now tarmac, walls and 96 flats
and no great crested newts.such a great shame all this building ......I have always had the small palmates but this is first great crested I have seen .....odd frogs and only ever seen one toadExcellent
I have newts in my garden too, I spotted one slipping into the pond on Sunday morning, and like you I thought, hmmm, things are wakening up.
We no longer have GC newts. The council gave permission for three blocks of flats to be built on the 'hayfield' over the burn a few years ago.
This is now tarmac, walls and 96 flats
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