What does Newt Spawn look like

[Kayleigh]

Hi
I saw a Newt in my pond today and wonderd what the
spawn of Newts looks like

[carlj]

If I recall from memory of 2 decades ago, individual eggs are laid on pond weed.

[Kayleigh]

Thanks Carlj

I have seen a few Newts over the years but never the spawn. It's prob hard to see if it's in the weeds.

[carlj]

Underside of pondweed to protect it. Frogs have large masses and toads ribbons of spawn. Think that covers all the bases

[Beryl]

Yes Newt spawn is layed in singlre eggs I had two ponds in my garden one top one bottom with a home made rivine conecting the two and water recyling it's way down and pummped uo etc the bottom pond was smaller and was just for natural wild life

[henrya]

Look at the leaves of your underwater plants. If you see places where the edges of the leaves have been folded over, that's a good sign that there are newts busy laying.

henrya

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by henrya

Look at the leaves of your underwater plants. If you see places where the edges of the leaves have been folded over, that's a good sign that there are newts busy laying.

henrya

All the pond plants that have leaves are still at the bottom of the pond. My pond was still frozen over until about a week ago. The only plants showing are millfoil and Japanese rush neither have flat leaves. I read that newts don't mate until April so there may be time for my plants to grow by then. Fingers crossed.
I also read that common newts are now protected by law as their numbres have dropped. I hope I can do my bit to help them out.

[henrya]

Yes, it's a bit early to find newt eggs. They will lay on other things, but they'll probably wait for your plants to grow. You could get a piece of black plastic about 8 x 12 inches (a piece of bin bag would do), Make a cut every half inch from one long side to about an inch from the other. Tie one corner with a short piece of string to a stone and put it in your pond. Then you have an artificial pond plant for the newts to lay on!

henrya

[pheonix]

i saw great crested newts laying last night, all other species are now mating and beginning to spawn, so keep your eyes open!

[pet]

smooth and palmate newts eggs are about 1.5mm in diameter in a 3mm capsule usually misty yellow or cream, laid mainly on the underside of submerged plant leafs which is curled around the egg, or on water grass. Great crested eggs are about 2mm surrounded by a 4.5mm capsule of jelly and are generally a lot brighter in colour.