First reptile of 2008 for me.

[arvensis]

Hi all,
With the weather looking quite good today and noticably less wind of late, I took a trip to a local site with a friend. Spent a little bit looking around but with no luck initially.

Went back to a certain part which is possibly the best place to see lizards basking and heard a rustle and movement within the grass. I caught a glimpse of a lizard moving and instead of heading for cover it went to another place to bask. It was a adult male with a regenerating tail and managed to get some half decent pics of it.

Keep your eyes peeled, I'm sure it wont be long before someone else makes a sighting.

Mark

[Wild-Woman]

He's probably woken up to watch Life in Cold Blood.

[yellowhammer]

Nice one Mark Haven't seen them myself, but the local adders are apparently out here. Never seen a lizard this early though. I shall check a few sites tomorrow now though...

[demicav]

Originally Posted by arvensis

Hi all,
With the weather looking quite good today and noticably less wind of late, I took a trip to a local site with a friend. Spent a little bit looking around but with no luck initially.

Went back to a certain part which is possibly the best place to see lizards basking and heard a rustle and movement within the grass. I caught a glimpse of a lizard moving and instead of heading for cover it went to another place to bask. It was a adult male with a regenerating tail and managed to get some half decent pics of it.

Keep your eyes peeled, I'm sure it wont be long before someone else makes a sighting.

Mark

That's great stuff. Can't wait to get to Pwllheli in March to see my Adders.

[arvensis]

Had another look at the same site today, my friend spotted a juvenile lizard basking then another one we must have disturbed close by. Further along, 3 lizards, basking quite close to each other - got a few nice pics.

A few minutes later whilst looking at another part of the site, saw a adult male Adder basking on a mossy patch within close proximity of cover. So if I were you Yellowhammer - get out and start looking!

Mark

[rlchew]

I was only thinking the other day that it will not be long now to go out and find Adders at a site I know close to home.

Having read this thread, it looks like I need to start today.

Richard

[dippymicky]

Wow its all happening early. Today 10th Feb 2008 at Wakehurst place Sussex
we saw two grass snakes basking in the winter? sunshine. Is this a record ?

[hobble]

Think I saw a squashed common lizard this morning on the road, it had only just been hit. Never seen one so close up, shame it was dead.
My daughter wanted to take it to pre-school..............
We put it in the hedge instead.

[Ukwildlifeo]

got my first, a couple of slowworms on friday - not basking in the morning sun under a rock, but in the pouring rain in the afternoon! Also got a nice shrew

[arvensis]

I haven't seen any Slowworms yet, even though theres quite a few sites for them close to where I live. Was down in Dorset today at a place I've seen Adders before - no Adders today but saw a Sand Lizard which is the earliest I've seen one of those.

Mark