19 Thursday Dec 2024
My very first newt encounter was a sad one to witness, as I watched a Moorhen whacking a Palmate newt to death in one of the dipping ponds at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park (My first Palmate newt, 29 February). Fortunately, for me and the newts, I saw several alive and thriving in the dragonfly pond at Forest Farm Nature Reserve three months later (Newts alive, 30 May). I must remember to look for them again in 2025 as they were spellbinding to watch as they floated serenely in the clear water.
30 Thursday May 2024
Posted in amphibian
As the only other time I’ve featured a newt on this blog was when a Moorhen at Cosmeston Lakes was in the throes of killing it (My first Palmate newt, 29 February 2024), I thought it would be nice to show a live newt.
I’m not sure which species of newt this was (it had a yellow belly, so possibly Palmate) but it was a delight to watch it, and several others of its kind, swimming, gliding, drifting, diving, all in a very restful kind of slow motion, in the dragonfly pond at Forest Farm Nature Reserve last week.
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