I took a wander up to my Garden Plot to do a bit of weeding - as you do.
In amongst the onions and their attendant weeds, was a velvety brown strip of something. It didn't look particularly alive, but it's texture was incongruous. I stopped to take a careful, second look.
Lissotriton - a type of small newt.
It's not a very impressive wee beastie AT ONLY AN INCH AND A HALF LONG , but I was
CHUFFED TO LITTLE MINT BALLS : )
I moved it to the spring water area of the plot, which also placed it at a safe distance from my
FLASHING TROWEL.
