While keeping on top of the duckweed in our small garden pond, I accidentally scooped out two little efts (young newts). You can still see the gills at the back of the head and in front of the front legs. I'm delighted and honored that these little fellas have chosen our pond to hold up in. That's two ponds and two breeding groups! These are common/ smooth newts. Can only hope that we may at some time in the future, be blessed with a colony of great created newts to top the bill... Time will tell. Regardless of possible future events, any newt sighting is a real pleasure. The only downside to finding great crested newts is we won't be able to catch, disturb or handle them without a license! A small price to pay if we have made a habitat that GCN's can thrive in.
