Torching for Newts

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Post by meanie » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 8:33 PM UTC

Re: Torching for Newts

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Post by jamesharding » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

What an enjoyable read. I am just going through the process of a house purchase in the UK now (in rural Berkshire), and the presence of "Newt Control Officers" in any council planning permission documents did make me laugh, so this article was well timed :)

Re: Torching for Newts

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Post by KaiserPro » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

Two years ago I built a pond, because I have a garden and I had a pond as a kid.

Within 3 months we had newts! then came the dragonflies. I also had a whole host of frogs and other invertebrates.

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Post by quercusa » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 7:58 PM UTC

Gussie Fink-Nottle smiles.

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Post by pvaldes » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 10:23 PM UTC

And then a neighbor call the police after seeing a shadow doing something highly suspicious activity that probably involve a corpse in the lakeside at night. So torching newts turns into being torched by two policemen. True history.