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RICH123

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I could not seem to find any Triturus cristatus or Triturus vulgaris in my local pond only a large number of palmate newts i counted around 70 individuals from the surface with a torch, last year around the same time i was seeing around 10-20 TV and only a few TC each time i was there.
i spoke to the ranger who cleans out the ponds and he says that he has only counted a few TV this year and no TC and he was finding large amounts of palmate newts as early as january but why would there be such a drop in amounts of one species and not the other, i was thinking that maybe it is to early for the other two, but they where around last year, i am confused what have other peaple been finding in there ponds? have they found simular drops in numbers of Triturus vulgaris and Triturus cristatus?
Rich
 
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