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Post by teasel on Mar 5, 2016 22:31:51 GMT
I only have room for newts apparently, and they are looking well in my mini ponds ( old washing up bowls, that started as places for mini beasts to escape pond clearing! )  |
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Post by kiml on Mar 6, 2016 15:53:57 GMT
Although the temperature two weeks ago was a good 5-7 degrees warmer than this morning I found no reptiles during my first reptile survey of the year. However today with things colder and overcast the Common Lizards have obviously come out of hibernation as I found two on top of the tins and a further nine beneath. All were very torpid and I could easily have picked them up as they only moved off very slowly.
Kim
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Post by aeshna5 on Mar 12, 2016 17:22:36 GMT
Noticed about a dozen Common Frogs in my pond this afternoon but they all diasappeared as some Wood Pigeons came down to polish off the spilt seed from the feeders.
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Post by aeshna5 on Mar 25, 2016 18:41:15 GMT
Quite a lot of froggy activity in my pond after last night's rain but my Herp of the Day was a sun bathing Marsh Frog sitting at the edge of a pool at the London Wetland Centre., only about a metre away.
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Post by htcdude on Apr 1, 2016 8:56:10 GMT
Had my first Frog of the year last week, about 50 of them actually! Was great to see, lots of spawn there too.   Nige |
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Post by aeshna5 on Apr 2, 2016 17:21:12 GMT
Though I didn't see them today I did hear the distinctive calls of Marsh Frogs today at Rainham.
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Post by Eristic on Apr 3, 2016 20:42:38 GMT
For the first time this year I found a decent sized slow worm basking in what little sun was available today.
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Post by kiml on Apr 3, 2016 22:42:26 GMT
Saw my first Addet of the year today. A nice male under one of my survey tins at Bicton Common.
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Post by shirl100 on Apr 4, 2016 13:26:57 GMT
First toad sighting of the year (and spawn) in a partly dredged pond area once part of an old water mill site
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Post by aeshna5 on Apr 5, 2016 18:45:34 GMT
Smooth Newts in my pond coming up for air + no doubt picking off newly emerged tadpoles.
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Post by kiml on Apr 17, 2016 19:54:29 GMT
As I'm a sucker for Adder's even after nearly forty years of finding them, so here is my reptile of the day (surprise! Surprise!) it's a male Adder that was under a survey tin at Colaton Raleigh Common this morning. Kim
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Post by Tringa on Apr 18, 2016 6:51:23 GMT
That's a great looking snake Kimi. The markings look very bright and well defined. Do snakes slough soon after coming out of hibernation?
Dave
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Post by kiml on Apr 18, 2016 10:17:14 GMT
Hi Dave
They do usually slough after hibernation although the one in my picture has yet to do so. If you look at an expanded view of the picture you can see its eye is milky blue which is a sure sign that it's about to slough it's skin.
As you say it's a great looking snake already so I guess it'll be even better looking soon.
Kim
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Post by aeshna5 on Apr 23, 2016 18:37:39 GMT
Have had daily herp sightings this week with Stripe-necked Terrapins, European Pond Terrapin, European Glass Lizard, Snake-eyed Lizards + my two stars: Starred Agamas + Balkan Green Lizards.
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Post by rowanberry on Apr 25, 2016 20:36:15 GMT
Saw the first tads swimming about in the pond today- still very tiny, but finally hatched!
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