12.04.08
A rescue operation was carried out yesterday to move hundreds of newts living in a half-built swimming pool at the building site for a Durham Tees Valley Airport hotel. It is hoped a new pond will be built in the area soon, so that the newts can be returned.
The pool was part of a hotel scheme at the airport, but the developer went bust and the amphibians - including the rare protected great crested variety - took up residence. Now the area has been bought by Sven Investments, who want to build business units on the site at the airport.
The developer called in conservation organisation Naturally Wild to shift the newts so the site can be developed. A spokeswoman said: ‘They will be taken to a newt-friendly temporary home, but we are hoping to create a pond on the site so they can come back.’
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