MtB Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I drove past the site of the proposed Hungerford Marina this morning (as I do often) and I see they have erected a newt barrier around the perimeter of the whole site. Checking their website they say PP has now been granted, so presumably the construction project will get under way once the site is cleared of them pesky and supposedly rare great crested newts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 36 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: I drove past the site of the proposed Hungerford Marina this morning (as I do often) and I see they have erected a newt barrier around the perimeter of the whole site. Checking their website they say PP has now been granted, so presumably the construction project will get under way once the site is cleared of them pesky and supposedly rare great crested newts. Is that to keep them in or out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 39 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: I drove past the site of the proposed Hungerford Marina this morning (as I do often) and I see they have erected a newt barrier around the perimeter of the whole site. Checking their website they say PP has now been granted, so presumably the construction project will get under way once the site is cleared of them pesky and supposedly rare great crested newts. Are those the same " Rare " great crested newts that seem to be found everywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I think it's to keep them out. The same thing was done on the site in Kintbury where Network Rail are replacing a bridge. A firm specialising in 'newt control' was visiting the site each day for about three months after the newt fences went up and the chap visiting told me the purpose of the fence, and that he was there to clear all the newts off the site and the fence was to stop them all coming back. Honestly, you couldn't make it up could you?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 minute ago, mrsmelly said: Are those the same " Rare " great crested newts that seem to be found everywhere? As they say, no newts is good newts 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, matty40s said: As they say, no newts is good newts Even by your standards ( low ) that was bad......very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Are those the same " Rare " great crested newts that seem to be found everywhere? Yes. Great Crested Newt is the commonest rare breed in the world. Didn't you know? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detling Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Talking to one of those nest movers a few years ago he said that they released them into a lake a few miles away and the local gulls learnt to recognise the van. These gulls dived down and grabbed the newts as they swam away after release, so expensive gull food, as the removal team cost loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 The post on their website stating planning granted was January 2016 so must be taking a long time to clear the newts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 On 20/03/2017 at 21:47, Rob-M said: The post on their website stating planning granted was January 2016 so must be taking a long time to clear the newts. The newt fence wasn't there yesterday when I drove past. It appeared this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timx Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 How come there always pissed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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