Anyone else with early returns?

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Being the sad newt nut that I am, I go out into my garden every night of the year armed with a torch to check my ponds.
I have had a female Triturus cristatus stay in one of my ponds all year,but on new years eve I noticed that she had been joined by a crested up male.
I have not seen him since, but I should think that he is still there.
Last nights pond watched revealed that my smallest pond now has a female Triturus vulgaris swimming around, and my largest pond, a male Triturus helveticus.
Has anybody else in the UK got newt returning to garden ponds yet?
 
Haven't seen any aquatic down here yet Morg, but I'm not as dedicated as you! Got plenty of terrestrial T.vulgaris out and about on warmer nights though.
 
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