Saturday 4 June 2011

New forest reptile centre

On midday on 4th June, a warm but overcast day, we went to the New Forest Reptile Centre.  We had been last summer and not seen a lot, but we thought we'd try again.  Success, today was perfect for seeing lots of reptiles.

This was our haul of spottings:
Common Lizard x7
Sand lizard x3
Newt
Aquatic snail
Water boatman x lots
Natterjack toad x2
Natterjack toad tadpoles x hundreds
Adder
Green frog x4 (1 pair mating & calling)
Common toad x3

And here are some photos for you to spot the reptiles yourself:

Young Natterjack toad
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Sand Lizards
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Green frog
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Common lizard
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Common toads
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And a video of the adder which I hope you can see.  The sound in the background is Rachel reading the information board.

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