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cool, i can never find reptiles in my garden though 
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lol might go herping with coachwhip next year any 1 got any good ideas of the best time of year ??
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Anytime other than hibernation. It`a more the weather conditions that you need to consider.
A common mistake is to go looking in very warm weather. If there has been a succession of very hot days, then the temperature everywhere is warm enough for reptiles to function anyway and they don`t need to bask. Alternatively, after a few bad weather days, a bit of sunshine brings everything out as there is a neccessity for basking.
Ground cover is sparser in Spring than in Summer so it is often easier to spot stuff then unless you have the trained eye. Late Spring and early Summer are another good time to spot gravid females as they tend to be out basking at every opportunity to aid with the development of the young/eggs.
Amphibian wise, the best time to see them in numbers is late Feb to March for frogs, when they meet up in shallow pools for their explosive breeding season. Toads normally a bit later, march til April. Newts are a lot less conspicuous but are easy enough to watch in the Spring if you don`t mind sitting still and keeping quiet. Polaroid glasses help take the glare off the water too.
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cass
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thanks very much for that pete have loads of nice wood lands and ponds near me and there miles from towns and ppl so all sounds good thanks again 
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i have a bit up the back of my house with adders! lol ive only seen 8 tho.  plenty of common lizards .up my drive behind my house there is one compost heap wid lots of em!(lizards) 
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| Peter Parrot wrote: | Anytime other than hibernation. It`a more the weather conditions that you need to consider.
A common mistake is to go looking in very warm weather. If there has been a succession of very hot days, then the temperature everywhere is warm enough for reptiles to function anyway and they don`t need to bask. Alternatively, after a few bad weather days, a bit of sunshine brings everything out as there is a neccessity for basking.
Ground cover is sparser in Spring than in Summer so it is often easier to spot stuff then unless you have the trained eye. Late Spring and early Summer are another good time to spot gravid females as they tend to be out basking at every opportunity to aid with the development of the young/eggs.
Amphibian wise, the best time to see them in numbers is late Feb to March for frogs, when they meet up in shallow pools for their explosive breeding season. Toads normally a bit later, march til April. Newts are a lot less conspicuous but are easy enough to watch in the Spring if you don`t mind sitting still and keeping quiet. Polaroid glasses help take the glare off the water too. |
great tips Peter, spot on.
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| We are really lucky to live right on a Heathland thats not only MOD land but wildlife protected, its full of allsorts and we were lucky enough to spot a hatchling grass snake one afternoon and to chase off the Magpie trying to make a meal of it. There's sand lizards over there and Frogs, Toads and Newts are always coming over to visit the garden so it lovely for the children and nature rambles xxxxxx |
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