Newts

[Lotobear]

Our small garden pond has happily hosted frogs and palmate newts for the past few years. The newt population was thriving however no sign of them back this year. Frog spawn arrived in late March/early April and the tads are doing well

We've had a particularly severe winter - is it likely the newts have died in hibernation or are they just having a lie in somewhere?

[Lotobear]

Yep, my newts and frogs have always happily co existed too, it's the blackbirds that decimate the taddies!

Still no return of newts for me either this year, my guess is the cold winter has killed them off

[Lotobear]

Well,

My pond died last year - absolutely nothing, no frogs or newts.

So this morning I looked at the muddy puddle and decided I would fill it in. To my surprise as I removed the perimeter stones I found one sleeping newt and two in a passionate clinch, and numerous frogs!

So, happily, that the project is stuffed and I'm now re filling and reinstating the pond.

Glad to have the little buggers back!

[Lotobear]

I reckon they’re just hiding😛