Palmate Newt

Clearing weeds around our ancient granite stone trough I came across this little chap.  As is often in the summer, the trickle of natural water that feeds the trough has stopped, leaving the trough full of still water. Frogs sit in it, under a great growth of hartstongue and male fern. There are old stone walls on two sides, which make for many cool and shaded crevices for the wildlife.