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Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar	Posted: 18 Mar 2006 Had a wander about the heaths this morning, but too cold and cloudy. Luckily the weather cleared up a bit late afternoon, and I strolled across Hankley Common, and caught sight of a Slow worm basking openly, just a glimpse of scales in the sunlight. My first Slow-worm of the season...and not even under a tin ! Made my day Steve Langham - Chairman Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG).

*SNAKE* Senior Member Joined: 16 May 2004 No. of posts: 220 View other posts by SNAKE	Posted: 18 Mar 2006 nice one Steve i haven't seen one yet Paul PAUL SMITH

Alan Hyde Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 1416 View other posts by Alan Hyde	Posted: 30 Mar 2006 You have now Paul many slowys out basking on moss today at West End Bisley O-> O+>

evilmike Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2004 No. of posts: 85 View other posts by evilmike	Posted: 30 Mar 2006 found 3 today one baby, v small indeed and two adults one was huge around 40cm i guess biggest by far ive ever seen :) Mike Lister BSc hons Ecology & Env management

Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar	Posted: 01 Apr 2006 Loads of Af openly basking today in N.E.Hants. Mostly chunky old males with plenty of scars. Steve Langham - Chairman Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG).

herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369 View other posts by herpetologic2	Posted: 02 Apr 2006 I hope that all these records will be sent to the RAUK survey form - so that HARG can include them in their new atlas JC Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife

Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar	Posted: 02 Apr 2006 Jon, I'm not currently sending any records to HARG, I'm still trying to work out who gets which data from whom, in case of any double-counting. All my records go to HCT (I think these get to BRC on the NBN), and the appropriate ones to SARG. Lord only knows how these data sets will be merged into NARRS, if at all ! I guess I should probably include HARG in my yearly disemination...is Kirsten still the correct PoC? Steve Langham - Chairman Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG).

GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090 View other posts by GemmaJF	Posted: 02 Apr 2006 Jon, I have no request from the HARG to pass them any records from the RAUK form.. so perhaps not such a good idea! Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant

arvensis Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2006 No. of posts: 445 View other posts by arvensis	Posted: 08 Apr 2006 Found on a site today in Hampshire(thanks jon) Mark arvensis38815.6046527778 Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Group.

Peter Vaughan Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 170 View other posts by Peter Vaughan	Posted: 17 Apr 2006 I went looking for Adders today at the NE Hants site where Steve found the killed black Adder. I didn't find any - perhaps too late in the day (4pm) and too dull and windy - and I'm still getting my eye in at spotting them basking. But I did see a discarded vehicle fuel tank under a tree which looked promising - under which I found the pictured Slow Worm, the first I've seen this season (a female I think). Peter Peter Vaughan

herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369 View other posts by herpetologic2	Posted: 17 Apr 2006 Hi Gemma & Steve I will ask HARG this weekend to send such an request - NARRS will probably be based on different types of surveys - the protocols are being developed as we speak - really survey info should go to the NBN or BRC and this should filter down to local levels. Records should be submitted to at least the County Recorder - which is Tim Bernhard (I think that is right) in Hants - Records are vital and I would encourage everyone who is counting adders over this spring to send these counts to the Make the Adder Count Survey - as this is an initiative to establish the status of the adder nationally and it will hopefully lead to better protection for the species and perhaps a national BAP species! We can only do this with spring emergence counts from as many sites as possible - dont worry you can make them confidential sites if you want to - I would encourage people to send in any regular counts of animals over 2005 (March to June) and this year to the project The summary report has suggested that the project is worthwhile and it looks like it will tell us what we want to know JC Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife

Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar	Posted: 02 Aug 2008 We found this bruiser last week at Hindhead Common. I didn't measure him, but it was the chunkiest old male I've seen for a long time. Plenty of blue spots and scars to boot. Steve Langham - Chairman Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG).

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