Today my sons and I went on one of our adventure tours in the Fröttmaninger Heide (north of Munich, actually 10 minutes from our place). We were surprised to come across a few puddles that were full of smooth newts; around 6 or 8 per puddle. We’ve seen newts before in the Fröttmaninger Heide, but we only expected tadpoles in puddles (there were plenty of them as well).