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Common Lizard pics 2008: |
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phillip Member Joined: 08 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 29  View other posts by phillip |
Posted: 04 Feb 2008 nearly time these fellow little creatures came out, so thought the post should be ready as we wil be.When is best to start looking? |
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arvensis Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2006 No. of posts: 445 View other posts by arvensis |
Posted: 06 Feb 2008 The weather looked good today with only a mild breeze so I went to local site and came across my first one this year.
Mark Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Group. |
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phillip Member Joined: 08 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 29 View other posts by phillip |
Posted: 06 Feb 2008 aww wow cool,is this down south? which county? |
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arvensis Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2006 No. of posts: 445 View other posts by arvensis |
Posted: 06 Feb 2008 Yeah, down south in Hampshire. Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Group. |
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Ray999 Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2006 No. of posts: 101  View other posts by Ray999 |
Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Lovely weekend up here in sunny Blackpool the whole world and his dog came to have a look at this ferry that is stuck on the beach. Checked out the sand dunes at Fleetwood on Saturday 09/02, air temp 9 degs sunny day no wind. Saw lots of hairy catapillers a few spiders, flies , a couple of ladybirds and one male common lizard , thats very early for this part of the world , he had lost his tail before going down for hibernation but this had obviously not had any adverse effects, sorry but didn't have my camera with me didn' expect to see anything. What was a little surprising was there were a few patches of sand close by that were quite warm to the touch but he would rarther bask on some dry grass, camoflage more important than a nice sun tan.
Ray ray999 |
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snakey Member Joined: 14 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 30 View other posts by snakey |
Posted: 13 Feb 2008 two male common lizards spotted today on whitwell moor near sheffield at 1.35 pm, sorry no camera. air temp. a balmy 14c, almost unbelievable this far north in feb!!! |
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phillip Member Joined: 08 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 29 View other posts by phillip |
Posted: 15 Feb 2008 cool.im going to start looking soon.wales next month,wil they be in normal places then or round hibernation sites? |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 15 Feb 2008 My son saw a common lizard on Skiddaw in Cumbria on Monday. He's been wandering the hills in the Lake District this week in shorts and has come back with a suntan! Suz |
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frogworlduk Senior Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 No. of posts: 72  View other posts by frogworlduk |
Posted: 16 Feb 2008 well went out this morning around my are in camberley, surrey saw about 10 different common lizards pics below (hopefully) 
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Peter Vaughan Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 170 View other posts by Peter Vaughan |
Posted: 16 Feb 2008 I saw my first Common Lizard of the year this afternoon, in full sun but only 6C temperature. It was basking at the base of a tree stump, amongst some litchen. It had a distinctly greenish body, browner head and brown tail (regrown?). Peter
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phillip Member Joined: 08 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 29 View other posts by phillip |
Posted: 18 Feb 2008 what country was that? |
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Peter Vaughan Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 170 View other posts by Peter Vaughan |
Posted: 18 Feb 2008 Hello Phillip England - north east Hampshire. Peter Vaughan |
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snakey Member Joined: 14 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 30 View other posts by snakey |
Posted: 19 Feb 2008
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snakey Member Joined: 14 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 30 View other posts by snakey |
Posted: 19 Feb 2008 p.s. sorry about image size  |
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frogworlduk Senior Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 No. of posts: 72 View other posts by frogworlduk |
Posted: 19 Feb 2008 looking good nice photos out tomoz hopefully have some more up tomoz night |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 19 Feb 2008 Nice lizard pix. The top one seems quite green. Possibly more so in the flesh than appears on the pic. Suz |
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snakey Member Joined: 14 Sep 2007 No. of posts: 30 View other posts by snakey |
Posted: 20 Feb 2008 at least half of the males on whitwell moor have a greenish hue in my experience, some of them very green indeed. this weekend promises some much milder conditions up here with good sunny spells so i may pay the moors another visit |
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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369  View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 20 Feb 2008 Send in the records! RAUK has a recording form as do NARRS
J Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife |
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tim hamlett Senior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2006 No. of posts: 572  View other posts by tim hamlett |
Posted: 27 Feb 2008 before i found this site, if someone had told me that one day soon i'd be photographing british lizards, in north staffordshire, in february i'd have thought they were nuts!!!
the third pic was taken while i was being dry-humped by a passing st bernard, which is why it isn't as good as it should be! the owner was very apologetic. tim |
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Danial Senior Member Joined: 01 May 2003 No. of posts: 100 View other posts by Danial |
Posted: 28 Feb 2008 Consultant Ecologist and Amphibians Officer of Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Group www.surrey-arg.org.uk |
- Common Lizard pics 2008 |
couple more commons today on whitwell moor, 9 degrees c.
