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Newts tend to stay in water for the best part of the season and will be seen frequently (every fifteen minutes or so) rising to take a breath, which is when they are the most vulnerable. When they leave the water any old dampl place will do, free from the risk of predation
 
 
 
 
A Male: May 25th.
 
 
May 25th.
 
 
Note the spotted underside, especially the throat, which is diagnostic: May 25th.
 
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