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dave fixx Senior Member Joined: 13 Mar 2007 No. of posts: 319  View other posts by dave fixx |
Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Just a bit of fun here.Recently myself and Mick B discovered a new unrecorded natrix colony and at the same location under a rock we found some crested newts,again a new record. This started me thinking as to what surprises people may have had under rocks or refuges.My best is just a grass snake and a slow worm together but I have a feeling lots of you will have far more entertaining reports.  Dave Williams davewilliamsphotography.co.uk |
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Alan Hyde Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 1416  View other posts by Alan Hyde |
Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Hi Dave, I found a big pile of porn under some refuge (a big sheet of tarpalin). The local kids had moved it from my grass snake spot and used it to conceal their stash  
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longcrippler Member Joined: 11 May 2007 No. of posts: 12 View other posts by longcrippler |
Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Al Would that be frogsporn? |
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Alan Hyde Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 1416 View other posts by Alan Hyde |
Posted: 05 Aug 2009 [QUOTE=longcrippler] Al Would that be frogsporn? [/QUOTE]
But seriously, Dave, the only sort of odd thing i've found is a melanistic adder laying in the nest of the mouse it had obviously just eaten O-> O+> |
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calumma Senior Member Joined: 27 Jun 2003 No. of posts: 351 View other posts by calumma |
Posted: 05 Aug 2009 I once found a plastic snake under one of my tins. I seem to remember that Gemma had visited the site just a few days before.... Lee Brady Kent Herpetofauna Recorder | Independent Ecological Consultant |
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tim hamlett Senior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2006 No. of posts: 572  View other posts by tim hamlett |
Posted: 06 Aug 2009 i once found a common frog, a common toad, several smooth newts and a great crested newt under the same log. ironically, i was actually looking for porn at the time. tim |
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Alan Hyde Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 1416 View other posts by Alan Hyde |
Posted: 06 Aug 2009 [QUOTE=tim hamlett] i once found a common frog, a common toad, several smooth newts and a great crested newt under the same log. ironically, i was actually looking for porn at the time. tim [/QUOTE] O-> O+> |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Refuge finds - your best Well actually finding some of my solitary tins that are off the beaten track feels like a best find on the day Suz |
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dave fixx Senior Member Joined: 13 Mar 2007 No. of posts: 319 View other posts by dave fixx |
Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Didnt expect the thread to be this funny but glad I started it.When we were kids I remember finding a lingerie catalogue near the newt ponds we visited ,is there a trend here or what? Found a grassie under a refuge that I put down almost as a dare to the snakes ,this evening .I dont think there is any part of that particular site they dont visit. Dont give up the search Tim,yo ll find it wen you least expect it. Dave Williams davewilliamsphotography.co.uk |
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Robert V Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 717 View other posts by Robert V |
Posted: 07 Aug 2009
I found an unexploded grenade under a tin once, obviously a booby trap more deadly than porn!
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Robert V Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 717 View other posts by Robert V |
Posted: 07 Aug 2009
and under another tin I found Ray Mears. RobV |
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frogworlduk Senior Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 No. of posts: 72  View other posts by frogworlduk |
Posted: 07 Aug 2009 not under it but i once had a fiver that had got caught under one of the edges in an urban site. NICCEEEE! |
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dave fixx Senior Member Joined: 13 Mar 2007 No. of posts: 319 View other posts by dave fixx |
Posted: 08 Aug 2009 I had 3 grassies under one tin yesterday but has anyone had all 3 species ?
Dave Williams davewilliamsphotography.co.uk |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 08 Aug 2009 Yes adder, grass snake and slow worm. But if you were thinking adder, grassie and smoothie no. No smoothies yes in East Devon. Suz |
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calumma Senior Member Joined: 27 Jun 2003 No. of posts: 351 View other posts by calumma |
Posted: 08 Aug 2009 A few years ago, I once went on a field trip to the north French coast with RG and a few other DICE students. Under a rock on one site we found 6 species of amphibian (including a young natterjack and, if memory serves, a parsley frog). Knowing Brian Banks would be visiting the site the following week, we left a note under it: "6 Species Stone!". Apparently he did find the note Lee Brady Kent Herpetofauna Recorder | Independent Ecological Consultant |
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Didn`t David Bird lift a tin with all three snake species beneath it when he did a "find all six reptile species in one day" thing for television last year? 
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tim hamlett Senior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2006 No. of posts: 572 View other posts by tim hamlett |
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 [QUOTE=Peter] Didn`t David Bird lift a tin with all three snake species beneath it when he did a "find all six reptile species in one day" thing for television last year? [/QUOTE] he did indeed tim |
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dave fixx Senior Member Joined: 13 Mar 2007 No. of posts: 319 View other posts by dave fixx |
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Peter wrote:
he did indeed tim
Dave Williams davewilliamsphotography.co.uk |
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David Bird Forum Specialist Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 515 View other posts by David Bird |
Posted: 11 Aug 2009 Yes quite correct, thanks for remembering it. That particular tin often has 2 or 3 adders under it, plus 2 grass snakes and an adult Smooth Snake, which 2 years ago had just given birth to 3 baby smoothies, still very wet and with the associated other snakes present. I have also had an occasional Slow Worm under there and had a juvenile Common Lizard on the tin one time, have not had a Sand Lizard on it yet but have had them on and under a tin 11m away so a great little spot. Is always a good tin to show to people who come out to see the heathland reptiles. Once found a tin on Godlingstone Heath which when lifted had a mass of adult Smooth Snakes under, I just saw a pile of snake bodes and could believe there was not an adder among them so did not dive in straight away, the mass started to unwind and then I started to pick up snakes 5 Smooth Snakes and another that escaped into the heather if I remember correctly, had to put several in my pockets and bike helmet whilst I measured, sexed and drew the head and neck patterns of each, certainly was not expecting anything like this number to have to cope with. David British Herpetological Society Librarian and member of B.H.S Conservation Committee. Self employed Herpetological Consultant and Field Worker. |
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AGILIS Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 No. of posts: 694  View other posts by AGILIS |
Posted: 11 Aug 2009Hi David I only hope this wasnt on the same bit of heath that got incinerated last year that I looked at.
But your finds sound pretty stunning keithLOCAL ICYNICAL CELTIC ECO WARRIOR AND FAILED DRUID |
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