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miniandy49 Member Joined: 29 May 2009 No. of posts: 6  View other posts by miniandy49 |
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 Hi all, have only recently joined the forum although have been out helping and photographing the adders up at Maulden in Beds for over a year now. Just thought i would post some pictures of the various reptile and amphibians that i have spotted this year (not all of them local to me)
Feel free to visit my wildlife blog - http://insearchofnature.blogspot.com/ Cheers Ben
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 Hi Ben,
Nice selection of images including some great behavioral shots. Whereabouts in the country was the Wall lizard? 
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Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar |
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 Rofl...beat me to it! Steve Langham - Chairman 
Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG). |
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tim hamlett Senior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2006 No. of posts: 572  View other posts by tim hamlett |
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 hi ben geat shots, especially the dancing adders. are the adders from the introduction to maulden wood? if so how is it going? cheers tim |
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miniandy49 Member Joined: 29 May 2009 No. of posts: 6 View other posts by miniandy49 |
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 Hi, The Wall Lizard was on the zig zag at Boscombe (no suprises there!), unfortunately i didn't spot any Green Lizards that day. The Sand Lizard pics were taken when i spent the day at Studland Heath, saw plenty of female and juveniles and only 1 fully coloured up male. Incidentally that male was only a few feet away from an adder, they were almost sharing the same basking area. No smooth snakes though, they are the only UK native reptile i am yet to see. Tim - Yes all my adder pics are from Maulden (i probably have well over 200! But i wouldn't put anyone through seeing all of them!) They seem to be doing really well up there, i am a member of BRAG and along with around 5 others visit the site as and when we can to note anything interesting. It's hard to get a definite number on things but we have spotted at least 10 individuals on the site this year, but there could easily be more that we may have missed. It's quite male heavy up there but a new female was recently introduced which could help. I have also never seen a baby adder so am hoping i will get the chance this year! Thanks, Ben |
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Peter Senior Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 260 View other posts by Peter |
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 [QUOTE=Vicar]Rofl...beat me to it! [/QUOTE]
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tim hamlett Senior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2006 No. of posts: 572 View other posts by tim hamlett |
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 hi ben glad they are doing well i know there are common lizards at maulden but are there any specifically around the adders hibernation areas and surrounding area? cheers tim |
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dave fixx Senior Member Joined: 13 Mar 2007 No. of posts: 319  View other posts by dave fixx |
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 Thanks for the pictures Ben and welcome to the site.Look forward to seeing loads more of your pictures. Dave  Dave Williams davewilliamsphotography.co.uk |
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miniandy49 Member Joined: 29 May 2009 No. of posts: 6 View other posts by miniandy49 |
Posted: 02 Aug 2009 Thanks alot Dave! Yes Tim, there are tons of common lizards that are always around the fence posts near where the adders are and i have also seen plenty of them using the same wood piles that some adders use too, so it seems like plenty of food! |
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AGILIS Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 No. of posts: 694  View other posts by AGILIS |
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 great pics Ben I think its time I upgraded me brownie box camera keith LOCAL ICYNICAL CELTIC ECO WARRIOR AND FAILED DRUID |
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miniandy49 Member Joined: 29 May 2009 No. of posts: 6 View other posts by miniandy49 |
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 I must admit having a decent DSLR does help alot! |
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