I am sorry to say Joyce21 that Great Crested Newts are a protected species by European law as are their eggs and nests. It means you cannot move them. Hope this helps.
hope this helps Nutcutlet as well also you are welcome GD I know only a bit as used to have them in a pond when I was 14 I spoke to Gerald Durrell about them and he told me about them. I loved his books. You may have read them? He told me that my frogs had been 200 but I did not need to worry that they had disappeared as 400 would return.
I just googled the fact of moving them and hope you have a licence from England there to move them as you can be fined. It disturbs them. Sorry about that. If you know differently then ok but google it and it will tell you that they are protected.
was someone talking about moving newts? I missed that
Mine move themselves, I find them all over the place. They don't like hot dry places but the pond is only essential for breeding, otherwise they''re anywhere, I have to be careful gardening, I'd hate to spear one.. Found some in a manhole when we did some work on the drains. I moved those
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This is where Great Crested newts hide in summer, under my seed trays where it's moist unless I forget the watering
In the sticks near Peterborough
Nutcutlet, are Great Crested Newts a protected species?
I am sorry to say Joyce21 that Great Crested Newts are a protected species by European law as are their eggs and nests. It means you cannot move them. Hope this helps.
hope this helps Nutcutlet as well also you are welcome GD I know only a bit as used to have them in a pond when I was 14 I spoke to Gerald Durrell about them and he told me about them. I loved his books. You may have read them? He told me that my frogs had been 200 but I did not need to worry that they had disappeared as 400 would return.
Hi there Philippa Smith,
I just googled the fact of moving them and hope you have a licence from England there to move them as you can be fined. It disturbs them. Sorry about that. If you know differently then ok but google it and it will tell you that they are protected.
Clattnow, Thanks for confirmation. I was sure they were protected but it's easy to forget what you have read.
You are welcome Joyce21.
That's the very fellow! She was ovipositing all the while. She was absolutely huge! That link says they can get to 40mm and she was all of that.
Thanks Bee
was someone talking about moving newts? I missed that
Mine move themselves, I find them all over the place. They don't like hot dry places but the pond is only essential for breeding, otherwise they''re anywhere, I have to be careful gardening, I'd hate to spear one.. Found some in a manhole when we did some work on the drains. I moved those
In the sticks near Peterborough
pp, I thought you had got lost in the undergrowth