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    Posted: 16 Apr 2012 at 5:31pm
-from an artificial shallow pond within a National Trust property today - second photo shows a normal female behind the one with gills for scale; bit blurry!




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You were busy today Will, perhaps you should go where your wife wants to more often Wink
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You don't mention the property Will but one property they got hold of had a large pond full of GCNs and the first thing they did (NT) was dig out the pond, which subsequently never held water and all the GCNs disappeared. I see your one was concrete. I am talking about 40 years ago now.
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@Gemma - steady on! you'll be suggesting I start talking to her next!

@Suzi - this property has also suffered from some less than sympathetic management - the well known mirror pool used to have loads of GCN in it, but it's all been tidied up now and none remain...
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cracking recent posts will. thanks for sharing.

hey, yesterday (by chance) i found myself travelling through Newdigate.
remembering there were Alpine Newts here, i thought id stop and see if i could track them down. i recalled reading that they were in the grounds of a fishery or garden centre and so, upon spotting a small aquatic establishment, i enquired within.
the manager informed me that they were found in a fishery 2 miles down the road but that, unfortunately, the place had now closed and public access was no longer possible.
tantalisingly however, he also told me that he had cleared out a couple of other ponds in the vicinity and found I alpestris and that, further, he also regularly found Marsh Frogs in his nursery.
needless to say, i had a good look around but alas, came away empty-handed.

cheers, ben
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Thanks Ben.  Shame about Newdigate - I think the alpine newts remain well established in the area; maybe someone at SARG has up to date info?
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