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14 March 2014

Newts

On March 12th, as I was working in the garden, I lifted a small piece of slate and found this group of hibernating newts. They are the smooth newt or the common newt, the only species of newt in Ireland.
After we all had a look we replaced the slate.
 
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The following photos of Newts were taken here in previous summers.

Newt.

 
Newt on raspberry.