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
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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.
