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Wall Lizards in Wales: |
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themorg Member Joined: 07 Mar 2011 No. of posts: 2  View other posts by themorg |
Posted: 11 Mar 2011 Hello, I believe we have a stable colony/population of wall lizards in a not southernly part of Wales. They are found in the heathland as well as in the stone walls themselves. Our farm is aiming to be a green sustainable agricultural project, I wonder if anyone could offer some help in studying/conserving/monitoring the lizards as part of a ecology census this spring. Any info you could give me here would also be great, im a plant biologist not a herpatologist and my knowledge on wall lizards and their distribution is limited Regards |
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Paul Hudson Member Joined: 24 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 33  View other posts by Paul Hudson |
Posted: 11 Mar 2011 Where abouts in Wales?? ,Town ,County I'm not asking for an exact location, are you sure they are wall lizards and not common lizards ?any photos would be very helpful Thanks
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themorg Member Joined: 07 Mar 2011 No. of posts: 2 View other posts by themorg |
Posted: 12 Mar 2011 location is near Rhayader, Im not able to get photos at the mo, not actually in the UK right now. Being a novice I have no idea if they are common or wall, simply was told they were wall. Ill update ASAP |
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frogworlduk Senior Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 No. of posts: 72  View other posts by frogworlduk |
Posted: 12 Mar 2011 would be a very interesting project and good to add another location |
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Scale Senior Member Joined: 05 Dec 2010 No. of posts: 83  View other posts by Scale |
Posted: 19 Mar 2011 I would be very surprised if these turned out to be Wall Lizards. Certainly you would expect to find Common Lizard in many heathland/mire communities around Llandod and Rhayader. Common Lizards will also use the stone walls for hibernating/summer refuge and particularly for hibernation if the wall allows for a dryer refuge. They can also refuge in Molinia tussocks, Ulex stands etc. What type of heathland plant community is it? Humid and/or wet heath is generally preferred over dryer heathland. Certainly you would expect to find a more flourishing population in such habitat (as you have suggested). You may also get cryptic Slow-worms, i've seen them in Llandod on the rail embankment. The way to look for these would be to put down tin sheet and use as artificial refugia (there's plenty of guidance available on this). I'm sure you have plenty of old tin/composite sheet knocking about the farmyard! I'm often doing bat survey work in the area, i would be happy to come and have a look sometime if you wished? |
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