newts

[scouse62]

hi i am new to this sort of activity so forgive me if i mess up im rob and was wondering how i can obtain some newts for my wildlife pond its very well planted with british natives and is 12ftx10ft it has lots of insect life and frogs but sadly no newts help rob

[Billabong Karen]

Hi Rob, as I understand it you cannot move or obtain newts at all; you just have to be patient and wait for them to come to you! It is illegal to move most if not all species of newts from their natural home.

[scouse62]

yes i know all about taking them from the wild but i was hoping someone my need to rehouse some just wish full thinking thank you anway karen

[meinchewster]

Originally Posted by scouse62

yes i know all about taking them from the wild but i was hoping someone my need to rehouse some just wish full thinking thank you anway karen

I know your keen but they're not pets to be traded. If you have any in the area and your pond is attractive, they will move in on their own. Smooth Newts are very, very good at dispersing and are quick to colonise any suitable waterbodies.

Be patient and enjoy the frogs and inverts for now.

As an aside, I also think keeping Goldfinches and the like is a disgrace (thats just my own opinion) even if theyve been reared in captivity and ringed etc. They are a hedgerow bird, not a caged bird.

[GCN lova]

Originally Posted by Billabong Karen

Hi Rob, as I understand it you cannot move or obtain newts at all; you just have to be patient and wait for them to come to you! It is illegal to move most if not all species of newts from their natural home.

it is only illegal to move Great Crested Newts but they other two are only protected from selling.

moving them can spread amphibian diseases and amphibians may just migrate back to their homes.

[Deb London]

Yes, caged animals, I'm with you meinchewster -terrible!

(Sorry to hijack ).

[meinchewster]

Originally Posted by meinchewster

I know your keen but they're not pets to be traded. If you have any in the area and your pond is attractive, they will move in on their own. Smooth Newts are very, very good at dispersing and are quick to colonise any suitable waterbodies.

Be patient and enjoy the frogs and inverts for now.

As an aside, I also think keeping Goldfinches and the like is a disgrace (thats just my own opinion) even if theyve been reared in captivity and ringed etc. They are a hedgerow bird, not a caged bird.

appologies if Ive got it wrong, your avatar pic looks like a goldfinch in acge but it could be as pointed out by posie to be a goldfinch visiting a feeder? If its the latter, Im sorry

[scouse62]

yes it is on one of my feeders i often get large charms along with greenies bullfinches and chaffies and the odd siskin as well as the other commoner birds cant think why you thourght it was caged

[Kayleigh]

Hi and welcome to WAB I have a pond and within months there were newts breeding in it..
I think they were in the garden before the pond went in so try to get the habitat right ie give them somewhere to live as they live out of water and only go there to breed..

Good luck and if they don't come to your garden then the habitat is probably wrong for them.

[posie]

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Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Hi and welcome to WAB I have a pond and within months there were newts breeding in it..
I think they were in the garden before the pond went in so try to get the habitat right ie give them somewhere to live as they live out of water and only go there to breed..

Good luck and if they don't come to your garden then the habitat is probably wrong for them.

Kayleigh, you have said exactly what I was going to say..As Kayleigh says rob, the habitat in the rest of the garden is just as important...maybe they are already there...who knows?..Posie


Sorry Rob, forgot to say Welcome to WAB, tho' I did welcome you in a visitor message on your profile page, have you sussed the profile page yet, it took me ages. when I joined