the online meeting place for all who love our amphibians and reptiles
Home Page Live Forums Archived Forums Site Search Identify Record Donate Projects Links
Forum Home Forum Home > Herpetofauna Native to the UK > Smooth Newt
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - first return
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

first return

 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
MORG View Drop Down
Member
Member


Joined: 13 Aug 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 15
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MORG Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: first return
    Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 8:01pm
About half an hour after seeing the first crested newt of the year  returning to my garden ponds, I went back out and saw a nice male smooth newt approaching my smallest pond">">

Edited by MORG
Morg
love punk-hate racism
Back to Top
Liz Heard View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2010
Location: South West
Status: Offline
Points: 1429
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Liz Heard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 5:20pm
hi MORG.

thanks for posting your find and the pic.
what time of day was that?

i spotted a female palmate possibly heading towards the pond in the rain late last night.
just as in your pic, it was poised on a mossy rock.

in my larger pond i also saw representatives of all the UK newt species and 2 common frogs. also 1 RT hopping overland nearby.

in addition, spied several Palmate males in the smaller pool.


all animals sighted were going about their business with vigour id say.


by the way, its great to find another PUNK RAUK newt fan here!

Sex Pistols, Crass etc etc!
and Urodeles forever.


reflecting both sides of the hyphen in your SIGNATURE;

here in GLOS, theres a multi-racial punk group called DEMOB. know them? they released a classic single "NO ROOM FOR YOU" in (i think) 1981.
a punk rock song laced with pathos - quite extraordinary.
check it out!
its as rare and beautiful as a sand lizard!

keep the Smooth and other newt postings coming mate. they are in short supply on RAUK.

with thanks and regards, ben

STOP PRESS; just observed a male GCN catbuckling and mucho newt activity. its quite warm here presently. guess thats the reason.

Edited by ben rigsby
Back to Top
kevinb View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 18 Mar 2009
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 259
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kevinb Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 11:48pm
Hey Ben, I went out to my pond last night and saw 2 smooth newts, still no idea where they have come from.
Back to Top
Liz Heard View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2010
Location: South West
Status: Offline
Points: 1429
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Liz Heard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 2:46pm
cheers for reporting kev.

glad the ponds doing well already (amphibian-wise).
were they M/F and did they show breeding cond signs? the vulgs ive seen here so far dont.

though the crested/palmate males HAVE put their "pulling suits" on.

ben
Back to Top
MORG View Drop Down
Member
Member


Joined: 13 Aug 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 15
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MORG Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 9:43pm

Ben

 pic was taken at about 8pm

 Demob have now split, but I agree no room for you is a classic

No more newt activity seen here these last few nights, but its cooled down  again and isnt very damp.

Im sure there will be more activity next rainy night we have

Morg
love punk-hate racism
Back to Top
Liz Heard View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 27 Apr 2010
Location: South West
Status: Offline
Points: 1429
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Liz Heard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Jan 2011 at 10:48am
sorry to hear about your frog fatalities. ive seen dead floaters too. though thankfully not in my ponds.

DEMOB have reformed. again.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 11.06
Copyright ©2001-2016 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.188 seconds.