Anyone else with early returns?

[morg]

Being the sad newt nut that I am, I go out into my garden every night of the year armed with a torch to check my ponds.
I have had a female Triturus cristatus stay in one of my ponds all year,but on new years eve I noticed that she had been joined by a crested up male.
I have not seen him since, but I should think that he is still there.
Last nights pond watched revealed that my smallest pond now has a female Triturus vulgaris swimming around, and my largest pond, a male Triturus helveticus.
Has anybody else in the UK got newt returning to garden ponds yet?

 

[alan]

Haven't seen any aquatic down here yet Morg, but I'm not as dedicated as you! Got plenty of terrestrial T.vulgaris out and about on warmer nights though.