Palmate newts question?

Is it legal to take wild palmate newt spawn with no newts around and take them home and rear them outside and let them free and away from a puddle that's drying up

I may be remembering wrong, but i think it is legal. It´s not, however, something i would recommend and although i can´t remember, it may well be illegal to release them.
I understand you want to help, and this seems like a good way of doing it, but it could be problematic and it won´t necessarily produce any benefits. By taking them home you might expose them to pathogens which would then be released.
Personally i would encourage you to do something about the drying pond, if at all possible, or perhaps create new habitats. That´s the best help of all. Moving animals around is not ideal...

Also, i know it seems somewhat crash, but being explosive breeders, newts are very good at recovering from bad years. If this one puddle is drying up this year, it´s hugely unlikely to make any significant impact on local newt numbers.

In the UK its not illegal to move raise or release Palmate newts, they are just protected from sale and trade.

Ok thanks.i went to the woods today and because of low temperatures in southwest it was frozen over.i looked to see in this tiny puddle and only a few bits of spawn remained were I first saw the newts.i decided to look in the car for something to take them home in.i took a small group home and are now in the pot I collected them in.i am going to look after them until it gets warmer(than 0 celsius ) and then I'm going to buy a tank for them to grow in - is this ok.