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[demicav]

Originally Posted by dan-fisher

I know it's proberly naughty bit i let my kids take turns to hold the newt i had.. poor kids these days can't go out newt and frog collecting, frog spawn nicking to put into their ponds their dads dug etc etc etc

It's good for the kids to do this IMO as i grew up doing it as i would say 99% of WAB members did who most have had a bnucket full of frogs and newts in their early years.

sad that as wildlife declines, this innocense isn't possible on a daily basis. More like a one off treat.

I know what you mean. As a child I was always picking up Newts and Frogs. My kids have yet to see a Newt, it's quite sad really.

[Jim Ford]

I was turned into a newt by a witch! I got better tho'!
(Monty Python & The Holy Grail)

Jim

[galanthus]

Originally Posted by Tazlilly

I didn't touch it, just encouraged into the pot for transport.

lol nice one Welcome to the site by the way

[Hedge Witch]

Originally Posted by dan-fisher

poor kids these days can't go out newt and frog collecting

I don't think it's illegal or anything

[Dogghound]

Its illegal in a couple of species, I wouldnt advise keeping them for long periods or taking them away from the wild ( including tadpoles if in large numbers), as they are struggling at the moment. I would encourage adults and children to go to there local pond and watch maybe hold catch some Amphibians be careful with them then leave them at the pond, that way no harm is done, and the experience is obtained in an Env. friendly way.

[dmclean2]

Cor! all that reminiscing takes me back some years,
Dans right, in that most of us have at some time or other, collected frog spawn from a pond in a jam jar with string tied round the neck, and sticklebacks,
Duncan

[Hedge Witch]

Mmmmm some of us might have also done it as adults, possibly, in a responsible manner, leaving the majority of spawn in the pond