Does the public care?

Thanks for the info.

So they actually need a license for stocking a lake with fish? WhatÆs the license called? & where do they get the license from? Like who enforces it?

Dunno if thereÆs Great Crested Newts in there. & I doubt IÆm the one to survey and look for them cos IÆm not an expert on newt types or eggs. BTW, surely their eggs would be hard to spot in a lake so big plus thereÆs only access to the lake from half the side of it (for me) and that side has a stone edge, it looks more like a man-made boating lake and itÆs only a foot deep at the sides where tourists can go i.e. doesnÆt look like thereÆs a hive of wildlife there, just looks murky shallow water, I expect amphibians would lurk at the other side where it looks more natural.

Or maybe in the reeds.

& I ainÆt got a clue how deep the lake is, I was always under the assumption itÆs shallow cos it looks it from the sides, maybe IÆm wrong.

IÆve found newts before whilst out toading and looked them up after and they looked to be common ones (think Meanie Mummy was responsible for running one over ), are Great Crested Newts widespread? Are they likely to be here in West Yorkshire? Or are they very rare indeed?

IÆm willing to give the National Trust a grilling, I was gonna grill them over the safety of that massive tree towering over my house anyway, if it falls my way in strong winds IÆm dead. I might become a real pain in the *rse to them. Could do with info before charging in though, donÆt want them to say "whatÆs it gotta do with you, we can do what we like" at me. If IÆm gonna contact them IÆd better do it soon, dunno when they plan to do all the work. All I know is that about a week ago they felled some trees and moved office staff into the building opposite me so theyÆre obviously already counting the money and making changes.