I’m sitting at the edge of the little pond in my garden, which is starting to show spring flowers, and there are buds appearing on our pear tree. I’m staring at the water, hoping to catch a glimpse of one of my newts. I didn’t always know all about newts. One day I was having a walk in the countryside when I came across a giant log. I turned it over and underneath there were some strange, small, brown lizards. My mum told me they were newts, and that was the start of my love for amphibians and my obsession with