Friday, 11 May 2012
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Surprises Today, The Lovely and The Nasty
White Throat, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.
I had two surprises today, the lovely and the nasty. The lovely surprise was while I was sitting in my garden, enjoying the rare sunshine and sipping my tea, a White Throat appeared in my garden for the first time. This picture I took last year at Durlston Country Park. Now for the nasty surprise, while I was having a shower this morning, I found a tick on the back of my leg ¦:-{ horrible! I couldn't believe it! And where the hell it came from I do not know. I picked it off intact, it was alive and crawling on my hand, well I soon got rid of it :- [
Friday, 20 April 2012
Sand Lizard
Sand Lizard, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.
We went to Higher Hyde, one of Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserve hoping to catch sight of some Sand Lizards. We found this one basking on an old tyre. Sadly this poor thing has got some ticks. This nature reserve is surrounded by tanks, guns, quarries and their huge lorries, making this reserve not the most peaceful place to visit, particularly with the clay pigeon shot gun club right next to the reserve, guns going off every minute. This place seems to be the best place to find Sand Lizards as there old tyres and heaps of tiles which these lizards like to bask on, warming themselves up.
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