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Great Crested newt Great Crested newt The Great The Great crested newt is crested newt is the the biggest biggest newt in the UK. newt in the UK. It can grow up It can grow up to 170mm. to 170mm. Females grow to Females grow to around 110- around 110- 130mm.They 130mm.They are are usually usually black black or or dark dark brown brown and have and have fine, fine, white white spots spots

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Great Crested newt. The Great crested newt is the biggest newt in the UK. It can grow up to 170mm. Females grow to around 110-130mm.They are usually black or dark brown and have fine, white spots near their heads. The Life cycle of a Great crested newt. Favourite Food. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Great Crested newtGreat Crested newtThe Great crested The Great crested newt is thenewt is the biggest biggest newt in the UK. It newt in the UK. It can grow up to can grow up to

170mm. Females 170mm. Females grow to around 110-grow to around 110-

130mm.They130mm.They areare usuallyusually blackblack oror darkdark

brownbrown and haveand have fine,fine, whitewhite spots spots near their heads.near their heads.

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The Life cycle of a Great crested The Life cycle of a Great crested newtnewt

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Favourite FoodFavourite Food Adult Great crested

newts are carnivores and like to eat tiny worms and other insects, whilst the newt tadpoles eat very small creatures like water fleas.

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The way it movesThe way it moves It has 2

strategies in hunting sit and wait. The newt is more active at night. When it is in a pond it is active in the day also when freezing cold

nights are punctuated by warm, sunny

days.

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Great crested newt breeding sites (dots) and the area (blue)

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PPrreeddaattoorrss Herons,

kingfishers and other water carnivores like to eat the Great crested newts, and fish love to eat the Great Crested Newt tadpoles.

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