RAUK's a Herp a day!

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   feeling a bit guilty over lack of posts recently...sorry :(
i would like to see the thread continue into 2015 but as will says we really have relied on you suz so its up to you really. 

december slowies have to be the highlight for me. i wonder if they'll show up again this month.

question - are the newt tadpoles just overwintering or will they still be feeding/developing albeit at a much slower rate?

tom

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Tom Omlette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Stoke on Trent Status: Offline Points: 449	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom Omlette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 9:34pm
	feeling a bit guilty over lack of posts recently...sorry :( i would like to see the thread continue into 2015 but as will says we really have relied on you suz so its up to you really. december slowies have to be the highlight for me. i wonder if they'll show up again this month. question - are the newt tadpoles just overwintering or will they still be feeding/developing albeit at a much slower rate? tom

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 10:43pm
	Thanks Tom. There are quite a number of these young newts, some very small. Be interesting to see if they put a spurt on in spring when the water warms up. I was hoping to go out and bag a frog tonight as well, but the temp is now zero so very little chance.
	Suz

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2014 at 9:47pm
	Very mild here in East Devon today. A steady 12degC and wet. These photos taken just after 8.30 tonight. The adult newt in this photo was close to several newtlets. Also in close up it might have been interested in a leech-like creature as a meal. I guess the newtlets too! Also a couple of newts on the move in the smaller pond. A frog in the small pond too...
	Suz

Liz Heard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Location: South West Status: Offline Points: 1429	Post Options Post Reply Quote Liz Heard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Dec 2014 at 12:13pm
	The camera decided to add some blue spots to the water starwort and the frog for some strange reason!

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Dec 2014 at 10:19pm
	Been away for a few days, so with the temps still being 11deg plus I thought I'd do a pond recce this evening. Lots of newtlets about and one adult newt doing that squirming about in the duck weed. Oops no newtlet photos as I've gone over my photo limit.
	Suz

Liz Heard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Location: South West Status: Offline Points: 1429	Post Options Post Reply Quote Liz Heard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Dec 2014 at 3:06pm
	Christmas Eve male Smooth Newt

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Dec 2014 at 12:58am
	Well done Ben. On zero here tonight and I've run out of space on my allocation for posting, so perhaps just as well there's nothing to see!
	Suz

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Dec 2014 at 10:21pm
	Dilemma...went out mid evening and saw quite a few newtlets, two newts and a frog (temps 10/11 here today, rain all day). I can't post the images, as I said I've overdone my limit. Maybe Gemma will trust me! I have the photos....
	Suz

Liz Heard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Location: South West Status: Offline Points: 1429	Post Options Post Reply Quote Liz Heard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Dec 2014 at 10:51pm
	What a shame Suz! That your thread-saving, determined enthusiasm should be so cruelly halted at the 11th hour. Will we do this 'Herp a day' thing again for 2015 and will you get a fresh photo allocation (like annual leave entitlement) in Jan i wonder? Hope so!

GemmaJF Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Location: Essex Status: Offline Points: 4359	Post Options Post Reply Quote GemmaJF Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Dec 2014 at 10:41am
	I trust you Suz You could upload the images to a third party photo hosting site like Photobucket, or Flickr, then link the images to your posts to get around the limit. Hopefully Chris will see your posts and increase (or remove???) your upload limit.