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Smooth Newts look very similar to
Palmate Newts and they can be mistaken for one another. However, Smooth Newts are slightly
bigger and because they are much more common in Buckinghamshire and
Milton Keynes they are more likely to be seen. Smooth
Newts hibernate in damp habitats including gardens, woods and field edges. They emerge in
February or March when the weather is warmer and head for ponds, lake margins and ditches
where they will breed and the females will lay their eggs. They leave the water in July
and spend they rest of the year on land.
Like frogs, juvenile newts are called tadpoles. They are very similar but unlike frog
tadpoles, newt tadpoles have feathery gills just behind the head.
Adult Smooth Newts feed on insects, worms and slugs when they are on land and shrimps,
water lice, water snails and frog tadpoles when they are in the water. |
