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Quick answer
Newts spend the winter tucked away sheltering from the very
coldest weather.
Further
information
As the weather turns colder, newts start to look for somewhere
to overwinter.
This could be in a compost heap, under some paving slabs or in
the muddy banks of a pond - somewhere that keeps free of frost.
Like all our native amphibians, they don't hibernate as such and
may take advantage of milder patches of weather to come out and
forage. For this reason, if you accidentally disturb a newt
during the winter it shouldn't be harmed.
How to protect
newts in my garden over winter?
I've disturbed a hibernating newt.
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