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This is what a Great Crested Newt with a headache looks like.

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He was sheltering under a Ground Protection Mat: I had moved it for the first time in 4 years.

 

Why the headache?

Because every day for the last God knows how long, I put my foot on his head 20 or 30 times a day as I walk to and from the site: he was smack bang under  the middle of the Ground Protection Mat - that alone weighs about 40 kilos. I had driven over  the mat with a five tonne digger the other day.

 

He doesn't look too ill, does he?

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Apologies about the focus, the little bugger wriggled, and I didn't want to hold him for too long.

 

Popped him in the hibernacular, as agreed in the Planning Permission documents.

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2 minutes later - gone.

He might well have been there since the last bout of heavy rain - when its dry like this they stay where they are. But what a place to choose.

Talk about hiding in plain sight!

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