Newts

[kedigato]

I found these two newts in the garden yesteday when I was moving rocks dismantling our rockery. The big one was sleepy as it didn't move much, but the little one was lively and it was hard to get a picture of it. As you see, it had run out of the view finder before I managed to get a pic of them both.






I managed to catch it here though -

[DAG]

Oh well done, they look surprisingly purple to me?

[kedigato]

They really did have this purply-blue colour, DAG. I made no alteration on these pics, so I am especially glad that they turned out true.

[linda]

lovely pics kedi, i love newts they are so cute but must say never seen a purple one before, we see them a lot in thailand but they are green, anyway great shots

[kedigato]

While having another go at dismantling the rockery two days ago, I found this large newt.









I carefully carried him to where we had been putting the stones for the timebeing. Yesterday, I made a refuge in another part of the garden, sort of behind the pond, and found him still where I had put him the day before. So he was moved into his new home.

[DAG]

Kedi I find it amazing that you will not touch ordinary garden worms but don't mind handling a newt..........not sure I fancy picking one of those up but I don't know why! ;D

[kedigato]

Worms give me the creeps and make me feel ill. Newts and such look cute and I have no problem handling them.

[nazimundo]

Lovely pics Kedi, I've not seen a newt for years we used to find them where Anns mum and dad used to live.

Alfie

[thymelord]

This couple of common newts were spotted in early December at night disputing the ownership of a worm,I have lots of them in my garden but was amazed at them being around in December I thought they would be well hibernated by then.
I want a piece of the action

The tug of war begins

I won

[nazimundo]

Well caught TL, It's years since I spotted any here, I would also have thought they would have been in hibernation by that time of year.

Alfie

[mikkel]

When I was a kid, the lad next door, my brother & I used to go 'Newting' as such, then sell them on at 1d, 2d, or 3d, depending on size, yet keeping them in a bucket on the floor, in the lad next door's kitchen of all places. One day, a frog jumped out, a tea-towel on top of the cooker fell down and caught fire, so we had to dispose of the newts when we next went to the pond.

[kedigato]

Great shots, TL, in spite of the horrid worm, shudders........

I would have thought that the newts were in hibernation, too, have never seen any in our garden at this time of the year. After such a meal, I bet they don't need anything else to eat until the spring.

How did you improve your pocket money after that, mikkel?

[kedigato]

Our newts are coming out of hibernation and we are finding lots of them both in the pond and on land.

Found these 4 when we were moving stones when redoing one of the flower beds. They were still asleep when I picked the stone up, so I carefully put them on another stone at the ponds edge and covered them with some dried leaves so that the birds didn't make a meal of them. I kept checking back and, one by one, they had woken up enough to move to a safe place by themselves.

[nazimundo]

Just seen this Kedi, glad they all seem to have found somewhere else to live

Alfie