The Big Pond Dip 2009

UK charity Pond Conservation have organised the Big Pond Dip 2009. The dip aims to find out what wildlife people have in their garden and school ponds and to determine what type of ponds support the most animal life.

Today Ian, William and I did the dip in our big pond (okay William watched). I'll write another post with the results once I've identified a few more of the species, but for now here are some pictures of one of the really cute smooth newts that we disturbed: