Great crested newts?

Question

If someone had great crested newts in thier garden pond, and told the conservation people,what if anything would the conservation people do? This is a question from England.

Thanks for any answers

Answer 1

Ido believe these have a conservation order on them ,So please imform the right people ,Iknow near where i live there was building going on near a pond ,Where a cested newt was spotted all building had to stop until the newt  could be moved safely .So this newt maybe moved to saftey ,

Answer 2

yes they are protected, you could get a protection order on the pond. if anyone wanted to build or otherwise disturb the pond, they might get away with it if they were to dig another one, put all weed in etc, let it settle and transfer the newts.