Reptile/amphibian of the day

Deb London · #1 (**permalink**) 29-08-2010, 01:57 PM

Well if you can have slug of the day.....

After three hours hard labour for a conservation group (pond digging today) the reward was coming across the following little chap.

Stranded on a path, it may not live, but we gave it a better chance than it had if we hadn't found it. Fantastic for us to see, as we had just been talking about the highlights of this suburban site, and this elusive species was one of them.

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 29-08-2010, 02:41 PM

Nice one. Yesterday I saw 2 adult + a tiny juvenile Common Lizard in Richmond Park where I was leading an insect walk.

marvin · #3 (**permalink**) 29-08-2010, 04:40 PM

beautiful!

thanks for sharing and thanks for starting the thread. i may have to get out tomorrow and take a few pics of my own

cheers
tim

ViperaBerus · #4 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 12:09 PM

Here you go, one of last years adders. Grown quite a bit since I last saw her.

Deb London · #5 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 02:05 PM

Fantastic, VB!

Ukwildlifeo · #6 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 06:04 PM

The 4 or 5 lizards that were posing on the board walk at Rainham, with the marsh frogs a close second

pammosley · #7 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 06:16 PM

I saw my first ever Grass Snake yesterday

So pleased

I managed a poor photo, I was so excited

pammosley · #8 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 06:19 PM

Ooops, I forgot the photo

marvin · #9 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 06:31 PM

hi

took the kids to cannock chase for the afternoon. saw 20+ common lizards and a couple of adders. struggled to get any decent pics though. this is the best i could manage.

congrats on seeing your first grass snake btw.

cheers
tim