RAUK's a Herp a day!

 "...and I was lucky to see the last dinosaur disappearing into the sunset as well. "

I bet it was walking towards Lyme Regis.


Must say it was a really nice walk down Alum Chine to the beach this morning.



A quick check of the usual spots today. Although the puddles remained frozen over, when the sun came out it was fairly warm.

These from a different area of the promenade to the previous postings.
A single adult warming up.


Also two of last years hatchlings.


Still no Zootoca about yet.

I know this doesn't count (no photo), but I saw a newt coming up for air in my larger pond at 4pm. The ponds have been frozen for days and, although the sun melted the ice today, dull cold days have meant no melting.
It is now clear with the temp going down again so will soon freeze up again. I will have a quick look later.

Went out at 9.10 tonight to look in the ponds. It has rained a little bit (our first proper rain for weeks) and the temp is up to 6degC.
This frog was sat on the pond edge. I think it's been in the pond as it has duckweed on its back. Whether it's been holing up in the pond during this cold snap is another thing.



I did see two newts, but the pix I took require too much imagination and are even worse than last night's ones! I'm hoping some rain might disperse the scummy surface of the larger pond.

Another mild day in East Devon, with a few hours of sunshine, but also heavy rain. Stood by the ponds watching for newts surfacing and saw a few. Went out at 6.30 this evening and saw four newts but only this photo has come out. Hoping for a frog later tonight...

Mainly dull day here in East Devon. Went out at 8.40 tonight to look at the ponds, little realising the temp. had gone down to 2degC. I didn't expect to see anything with this low figure, but this newt was in the canal round the pond edge.