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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369  View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 I think it will be good to go back to Lightwater Country Park for a field trip in April this year. As you may or may not know smooth snakes were again found on the Motorway verge last year. These snakes have a habit of disappearing for lengthy periods of time. Two adult snakes were found last year by Mott Macdonald and I believe Martin Noble. Photos were sent round of the individual found. You would not have thought that they were onthe roadside verge at the moment considering the road works and the distinct lack of mitigation works...... Anyway I would like to find all six reptiles at the site so I wondered whether anyone would like to meet up at the site in mid April...... J Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife |
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arvensis Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2006 No. of posts: 445  View other posts by arvensis |
Posted: 19 Mar 2009 First 2 weeks of april are ok for me because I'm off work then. May pop down to a site in Dorset tomorrow if the weather is ok. Mark Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Group. |
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John Member Joined: 07 Apr 2006 No. of posts: 15  View other posts by John |
Posted: 20 Mar 2009 I can meet - nay worries!! 
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Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar |
Posted: 21 Mar 2009 Hi Jon, Lightwater is one of the core sites for Surrey reptile monitoring, and will receive at least formal 10 surveys this year. There were other sightings, and photos of Ca at the site last year, not on the motorway verges, but further into the heath. If you could formally record the results (tin numbers and negative records) I'd be grateful. Good chance I could attend if it's the week either side of Easter. If you could let Gordie (ranger) know of your presence, that would also be appreciated, as he's very supportive of survey effort and likes to know who's on his patch. Ta, Steve Steve Langham - Chairman 
Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG). |
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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369 View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 23 Mar 2009 Hi Steve I will do so I am in regular contact with Gordon. I have some sand lizard records for you - I will download and put them into a spreadsheet for you. The smoothies are found in extremely high numbers in some surveys - over 8 per hectare while other surveys have found few animals. A very curious site to say the least.....
J Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife |
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