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Fixing pond with newts

lizzie_kayj_oBzDiUlizzie_kayj_oBzDiU Posts: 2
edited February 2021 in Problem solving
Hi All.
I have a very small pond with no fish but lots of newts and I’ve noticed that one side of the pond has collapsed in, so lots of mud and soil is now in the pond. I need to do something to fix this but am worried about disturbing breeding newts and upsetting the water which they obviously like (in the Summer I’ve counted 20ish at a time so there are obviously lots making it their home!). Can anyone offer any advice?

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  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    We emptied and relined an old pond a few years ago. We used a bucket to put as much of the water and wildlife as we could into a paddling pool. We had/have lots of newts and frogs, everything stayed in that quite happily for the few weeks it took to do the work.

    Newts and frogs are only usually in the pond for the breeding season so doing the work in early Spring or late Autumn is the best timing. Having said that our frogs tend to spawn very early so we had tadpoles when we did the work (end March/early April)
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  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Being in the warmer south, we have newts in our pond all year - they can be seen, with a torch, swimming around even in this coldest weather. They have been there more than 30 years and NOTHING upsets or disturbs them. If you have to empty your pond, do as @Butterfly suggests, but otherwise you can make repairs with them in situ. They don't care.
  • lizzie_kayj_oBzDiUlizzie_kayj_oBzDiU Posts: 2
    Thanks both for your replies.  I think I'm going to have to try and re line the pond so will probably wait until autumn to do this.
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