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Great crested newt
We were absolutely thrilled last night to find our first great crested newt. Our pond is only 3 years old, and has had palmate and smooth newts almost from the start, but this is the first great crested I have ever actually seen anywhere. Some of you may remember that we are developing and managing our garden almost entirely for the wildlife, so you can imagine what delight we take whenever a new species arrives. According to what I have read, great crested newts like established ponds, so perhaps that's why it has now appeared. Let's hope there's a Miss great crested newt somewhere not too far away to keep him happy! -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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Great crested newt
"Sally Thompson" wrote We were absolutely thrilled last night to find our first great crested newt. Our pond is only 3 years old, and has had palmate and smooth newts almost from the start, but this is the first great crested I have ever actually seen anywhere. Some of you may remember that we are developing and managing our garden almost entirely for the wildlife, so you can imagine what delight we take whenever a new species arrives. According to what I have read, great crested newts like established ponds, so perhaps that's why it has now appeared. Let's hope there's a Miss great crested newt somewhere not too far away to keep him happy! How wonderful. I'm entirely jealous. ;-) We intend to have a pond down in our wild area one day. It's still at the daydreaming stage at the moment though. There are still a lot of frogs down there in the long grass however, and huge great dragonflies visit in summer, so they must have a pond somewhere nearby. -- Sue |
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Great crested newt
In message et, Sally
Thompson writes We were absolutely thrilled last night to find our first great crested newt. Our pond is only 3 years old, and has had palmate and smooth newts almost from the start, but this is the first great crested I have ever actually seen anywhere. Some of you may remember that we are developing and managing our garden almost entirely for the wildlife, so you can imagine what delight we take whenever a new species arrives. According to what I have read, great crested newts like established ponds, so perhaps that's why it has now appeared. Let's hope there's a Miss great crested newt somewhere not too far away to keep him happy! That is excellent news I am very, very envious! In case you are interested in some further pond and newt related reading you may want to look at the Froglife site at http://www.froglife.org/ and for some Natural England/English Nature general pond stuff and a further reading list http://www.english-nature.org.uk/pub...amphibgard.pdf -- Robert |
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Great crested newt
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 23:51:37 +0000, Robert wrote
(in article ): In message et, Sally Thompson writes We were absolutely thrilled last night to find our first great crested newt. Our pond is only 3 years old, and has had palmate and smooth newts almost from the start, but this is the first great crested I have ever actually seen anywhere. Some of you may remember that we are developing and managing our garden almost entirely for the wildlife, so you can imagine what delight we take whenever a new species arrives. According to what I have read, great crested newts like established ponds, so perhaps that's why it has now appeared. Let's hope there's a Miss great crested newt somewhere not too far away to keep him happy! That is excellent news I am very, very envious! In case you are interested in some further pond and newt related reading you may want to look at the Froglife site at http://www.froglife.org/ and for some Natural England/English Nature general pond stuff and a further reading list http://www.english-nature.org.uk/pub...amphibgard.pdf Thanks for that Robert. I knew of the Froglife site, but not the English Nature publication which looks excellent. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the GC Newts multiply as the other newts certainly have - that would be fantastic. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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