Newts in the pond
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:32 pm
I had never seen newts in the garden before, but thought I caught sight of one's tail disappearing down into the pond a couple of weeks ago, then this afternoon I moved some of the excess weed and there were two newts. One showed a pale orange belly with little black spots. I think they were palmates, but might have been smooth newts.
I've lived here nearly 70 years and this is a first for the garden. I wonder where they have come from? There aren't any other ponds anywhere near. I also saw a large dragon fly nymph, a great diving beetle and some red damsel flies as well as the usual pond skaters and water boatmen.
It seems a good year for wildlife. I've never seen so many bumble bees of numerous species and the hedgehogs are visiting every night.
Ive cut a hedgehog sized hole in the bottom of the gate as a hedgehog had fallen off the wall and got stuck at the back of the house last week. Last night two hedgehogs had gone through it for a look round and we're really noisy grubbing about.
There seems to be a new hatching of ladybirds too today and there are frogs of all sizes making me jump when I'm weeding.
I've lived here nearly 70 years and this is a first for the garden. I wonder where they have come from? There aren't any other ponds anywhere near. I also saw a large dragon fly nymph, a great diving beetle and some red damsel flies as well as the usual pond skaters and water boatmen.
It seems a good year for wildlife. I've never seen so many bumble bees of numerous species and the hedgehogs are visiting every night.
Ive cut a hedgehog sized hole in the bottom of the gate as a hedgehog had fallen off the wall and got stuck at the back of the house last week. Last night two hedgehogs had gone through it for a look round and we're really noisy grubbing about.
There seems to be a new hatching of ladybirds too today and there are frogs of all sizes making me jump when I'm weeding.