The Scotsman

Build a pond to help save threatened newt

THE decline in numbers of farm ponds has left the threatened great crested newt with fewer places to breed and struggling to survive in Scotland. Now Scottish Natural Heritage is calling on individuals to help out, through the simple act of helping to build a pond in their garden or community. The great-crested newt, also called the warty newt due to the lumps on its skin,... (20/05) More