rehoming common newts

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Dawny

Thanks for your replies. Have just seen a dead frog in works' pond so won't be risking passing diseases to my healthy frogs and toad.
I have pond weed -oxygenating,a small fountain and waterfall, pebbles around the edge with a woodpile at the back of the pond as well as a largerone in another area of the garden. The garden is totally enclosed and in a semi rural area. Can you give advice on what I could do to make it a better habitat that would appeal to newts?

Hi Dawny welcome to WAB,

Try to leave some grass long around the edges of the pond and places that are untouched..
dig a hole in a border at the back and fill it with rubble then get a piece of upturned turf and lay it over the top newts will use this to hibernate in..
I have woodpiles all around the garden especially at the back of the shed and the side of the greenhouse..
I also have a green corridor with cover from shrubs all the way from the pond to the back of the shed.
Hope this helps.

[Dawny]

Thanks I'll give it a go and hope some are adventurous enough to find there way to my pond. Will the enclosed state of the garden - concrete based fence panels or brick walling to all boundaries except for the gate make it impassable to newts?