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 Posted: 02 Aug 2008 at 3:43pm |
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One from Hankley this morning.
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Posted: 27 Jul 2009 at 2:09pm |
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I managed a flying visit to our most eastern Ca site yesterday.
Conditions were perfect, and although I only had time to check 8 tins...I recorded 7 Ca, two basking openly. One was blade-basking like an adder. First time I've seen this in Surrey.   |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2009 at 4:08pm |
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What is blade basking? Is it lying long and straight like a blade of grass, like the one in the photo? |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2009 at 6:17pm |
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Ooops,
To me it's when the snake lays relatively straight, and flattens itself to gain the most sunlight. Reminiscent of a sword's blade. The Ca pictured was flatter when first seen, it got wind of me and rounded up  . |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2009 at 10:25pm |
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Thanks Steve. Yes I've seen adders do it but not as stretched out as your smooth snake. Ah sword blade not grass blade! |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 6:48pm |
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I haven't heard Tony and I live in Devon. Mind you all hush hush I guess.
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Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 10:18am |
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Hi Tony, I regularly find Af and Zv beneath pre-existing linoleum refugia at a brown field site close to me. If there are issues with reptiles sticking to heated up felt refugia, I imagine there wouldn`t be the same problem with linoleum. |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 10:35am |
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Thanks Paul. I'm thinking over likely spots it will be....
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Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 5:57pm |
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Steve,
Were any of the animals that you found in the process of sloughing or just sloughed? Had a trip down to Dorset today and found 8 on one site, 3 of which were about to slough and rest looking freshly sloughed. Mark |
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