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Posted by Anyanka Surrey, UK (My Page) on Wed, Apr 20, 05 at 10:52
My pond is teeming with newts - whenever I look, I can see at least a dozen without trying to hard, which probably means that the actual newt population is at least twice that much. Just a moment ago, three newts were locked together wrestling - at first we thought two newts were feeding on the third, but it then became apparent (after removing some blanket weed...) that all three had latched onto a dead worm.
Once again, the pond provides more excitement and entertainment than the television.
Here are a couple of pictures of one of 'my' newts. I had to use a polarising filter, hence the lack of contrast. This newt came up to the surface near me and posed... very considerate.
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| I'm jealous, do you know what species you have? |
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| Super newts! I have about 6 in my pond this year so the population is gradually increasing. I know there are great crested ones about a mile away, so I keep hoping! Mine are just the everyday common smooth newt, and very beautiful they are too. I just wish they were more obvious in the daytime! |
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- Posted by Kazzie SE England (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 20, 05 at 14:28
| Not fair... not fair!!! I lost all my newts when the old pond got filled in. |
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I haven't seen mine for a long time either.
Alison |
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I think they're just common newts - they're quite small. Some are dark, some lighter and spotted; usually with white bellies and some orange on the underside of the tail.
I love them madly! They just arrived in the pond, not long after we'd filled it for the first time.
We've also got toadpoles now. They hatched a couple of days ago. I hope lots of them survive and take care of the slug plague! |
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