Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Newt
Found this little fellow in a pile of rubbish in my garden. I think he's a common newt. unfortunately I think I've disturbed his hibernation - I've moved his wood pile somewhere quiet and hopefully he'll be unaffected!
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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lucky you, I've been waiting for those bad boys for over a year to squat my new pond and still no joy.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Perhaps you could ask Railway Fields if you can repatriate a couple of their resident newts... at the right time of year of course... I would imagine (but I'm just guessing) that would be in their adolescence
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The current conservation wisdom suggests ponds should grow organically and you shouldn't mix ponds because of some nasty disease in recent years so probably not anymore sadly.
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I still reckon it's worth asking... "wisdom" often changes or varies on who you ask... maybe you could email Ken Livingstone... He was famously a well-known newt enthusiast...
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Ken would be the first to say that moving anything from one pond to another can spread disease and I'm sure would advise making a habitat then being patient. Usually the creatures find the pond after a couple of years. I found a toad in my garden once with no pond anywhere near before I put my pond in. You just need to be patient.
A public pond often gets deseased because people ferry unwanted fish and frog spawn back and forth so it's the last place you would want to use really. If you want a really healthy happy pond, you just have to wait.
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