offtheradar 175 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hi all, does anyone know what this is please. Is it some sort of newt? We found it under a big Heather in a customers flower bed. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 smooth prob think we only got few types in uk and it aint great crested Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Aye a newt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,368 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 smooth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 It looks like a young smooth newt ...the palmate is the only other Uk newt that it could be confused with but there's no tail filament... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Darcy, I have to say I do admire you knowledge. Knowing that you have not googled it means a lot in my eye's. TC 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
offtheradar 175 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Thank you everyone, I thought I'd be able to rely on you lot for a positive id. Took me by surprise finding it somewhere so dry. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I used to have a pet newt. I called him Tiny because he was my newt. Boom boom! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I used to have a pet newt. I called him Tiny because he was my newt. Boom boom! English humour? But it could just be me slow on the up take? TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Skull Hooker 185 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I used to have a pet newt. I called him Tiny because he was my newt. Boom boom! English humour? But it could just be me slow on the up take? TC My Newt + Minute (pronounced 'my nute') Geddit 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,368 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 nutter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I used to have a pet newt. I called him Tiny because he was my newt. Boom boom! English humour? But it could just be me slow on the up take? TC My Newt + Minute (pronounced 'my nute') Geddit No I didn't! TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Darcy, I have to say I do admire you knowledge. Knowing that you have not googled it means a lot in my eye's. TC I used to breed all the species of UK newt at one time. I Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 not a lot of newts around these parts nowadays -I did rescue a few once where someone was filling in a pond in garden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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