Newts will survive in small ponds but they do leave water after spawning and
travel for miles during the summer, usually returning to their original
watering hole.
If you could find someone with newts they may let you have a couple, if
anyone close by has newts they may occupy your pond of their own free will.
One of my ponds is about 4 ft by 5 ft made with liner, deepest part is about
1 ft shallowing up to where ive placed old logs and cut down branches for
cover, its the first pond to have spawn every year.
No pump ever used. planted with watermint, and iris, and duckweed, which is
skimmed off during summer. That keeps water clear.

regards
Cineman

"MadCow" wrote in message
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In message et, Sally
Thompson writes

Saw our first frogspawn of the year today - two weeks earlier than usual
(last year was on 11th March). I think this is very early for this part
of
the country. We went out just now with the torch and the big pond is
teeming
with frogs. Quite lifts the heart.

My tiny pond (in Reading) could easily freeze over in March, but some frog
has laid a huge mass of spawn in a shallow place, with some of the spawn
sticking up above water level.

Also newts already in the pond, which seems early to us although we
haven't
kept a record of dates of those.

I'd like newts. Would they be able to survive in small suburban gardens
if I could get some spawn?

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Sue ]