Neil and guest host herpetologist Steve Allain discuss the UK’s Newt species. They talk about smooth, palmate and great crested newts, their habits, feeding and breeding and also look at the non native alpine and Italian crested newts, and neotony that sometimes occurs in UK species.
In news they look at the pollution spill kills Hundreds of fish on a tributary to the River Wye, a quarter of UK mammal species being ‘under threat’ of extinction and mention the upcoming Hen Harrier Day 2020.
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Really enjoyed this guys, off to listen to more! I used to breed and watch newts (then release them back in to my pond) in a huge tank in my back porch as a kid 40 years ago…. All interesting info guys thanks….
Thank You 🙂