GREAT CRESTED NEWT SURVEYS

Great Crested Newts (GCN) are the largest newt species and have undergone significant population decline during the 20th century due to habitat loss and fragmentation. Great Crested Newts receive full legal protection under The Conservation of Species and Habitats regulations 2010 (as amended) and The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). Therefore it is illegal to deliberately injure, kill, capture or disturb a Great Crested Newt. It is also against the law to damage, destroy or obstruct any places used by the newts for shelter and protection.