11-03-2018, 07:34 AM
That's a shame Mike, newts and amphibian's need all the help they can get. I havn't seen a newt in years. I have a particular affection for frogs, toads and newts as there was a pond near us when I was a kid, an old ballast pond. You could hear the frogs calling in Spring a good distance away, there being thousands. Of coarse they filled it in and built a main sewer and later a road where it once was. I remember trying to save all the frogs and frogspawn the year after; they laid it puddles on the building site. They didn't stand a chance. there was no environmental assessment in them days.
I built a wildlife pond in our garden and made it deep, about 5 ft so frogs can over winter. I think yours was just not deep enough, just too cold. Are your newts smooth newts or great crested? If it were me I'd get rid of the fish, newts and frog's really do need our help, their numbers have plumetted.
Andy.
I built a wildlife pond in our garden and made it deep, about 5 ft so frogs can over winter. I think yours was just not deep enough, just too cold. Are your newts smooth newts or great crested? If it were me I'd get rid of the fish, newts and frog's really do need our help, their numbers have plumetted.
Andy.
