Sand Lizards and Adders

The reptile season has well and truely started, with both Adders and Sand lizards out today, at Crooksbury Common in Surrey.

Two Adders were out today, lying up by their hibernaculum:


Even better that early emergent Adders, was the chance sighting of my first Sand lizard of the season: This individual lizard was also the first sand lizard seen last year on 19th March 2006, so he's 2.5 weeks early this year !


Just Grass & Smooth snakes and Slow worms need to emerge, before we have the full set !