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Newt!!

FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
in Wildlife gardening
So excited... just seen a newt in my pond!!! Only dug it in November, so I’m so happy!!!! 😃 I know people here will understand... my husband just looks at me blank lol!!
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Congratulations, there’s something about a first baby😀 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    that is exciting, can you see which species?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    No I just caught a glimpse, ooohhhh managed some poor photos as it came out the weed!
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  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    It’s not a cresty
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Lovely pics!  Do they just arrive when you have a pond? Where do they come from? 
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    They spend a lot of their time in ponds, though will forage on land.
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    Mostly in ponds during breeding season..
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Do you have to be near a wild water source for them to arrive at your garden pond?
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
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