Regular readers will have read about our little newt found in the polytunnel a few weeks ago. Well, we managed to find another one (or the same one?) last Friday and this time had the camera! So, can anyone assist us with it's identification? It was around 55mm long (I suspect not fully grown) and had no spotting at all on the underside of the throat or belly. I've read that the key is in the orange line that runs down the newt's back - all the way onto the tail for palmate newt, part way for smooth newt. I suspect this is a smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris. Let us know your thoughts....
And safely returned to the water!