into nimble/Swimming tadpoles”. While there, I also looked closely for any sign of another of our amphibians, the smooth or common newt. The water, with plenty of weedy cover looked a suitable ...

Start as a wriggly water-breathing tadpole, transform into an adult that breathes air. This is the pattern followed by all ...

The wriggling tadpoles hatch with tails and gills to ... Britain's garden ponds and damp ditches are good places to look for smooth newts. It's a very special thing to find a dark, bumpy great ...