CREATURES OF THE NIGHT – STANGROUND NEWT PONDS

THIS FORMS PART OF A WIDER PROJECT TO SAFEGUARD AND IMPROVE VIABLE BREEDING HABITATS FOR GREAT CRESTED NEWTS AT NINE WILDLIFE TRUST NATURE RESERVES ACROSS CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH. THE WIDER PROJECT WILL BEGIN WITH A SURVEY OF COLONIES AT EACH SITE. APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT WILL THEN PROTECT EXISTING COLONIES AND ENCOURAGE THEIR GROWTH. A FURTHER SURVEY WILL MONITOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS AND INFORM THE SECOND YEAR OF MANAGEMENT. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE TRAINED TO UNDERTAKE SURVEYING AND ONGOING MONITORING, AS WELL AS WORKING ON PRACTICAL CONSERVATION. THERE WILL BE A SMALL AMOUNT OF NEW INTERPRETATION CARRYING INFORMATION ON GREAT CRESTED NEWTS.