The main predators of young newts and the eggs (and of most other pond life) are fish. Larger predators such as foxes, grass snakes and herons eat the adults.

What animals eat newts?

Adult newts in turn may be preyed upon themselves by foxes, badgers, rats, hedgehogs and even shrews have been found to feed on smooth newts. Large ground beetles can predate upon juvenile crested newts in pitfall traps. 19 bird species including kestrels, storks, buzzards, fish eagles, bitterns and even herons.

Do newts have predators?

Predators of eastern newts include birds, carnivorous mammals, fish, and other amphibians, but many of them are deterred by the newt's toxic skin secretions.