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    Posted: 02 Oct 2011 at 12:10pm
bad pic, but this hatchling was only around 4cm and looked absolutely freshly hatched (Purbeck, 1st Oct).  I reckon this could be one from a second clutch of eggs (bearing in mind that females were ready to lay first clutch at end of April this year, due to the hot spring...) - any thoughts?

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Hi will,Could be a hatchling from a second clutch ,but hard to prove ,I find that sometimes females laying for the first time, (newly matured) ,can lay their first clutch in July,  based on my observations,in the wild on Merseyside.I have seen really small but mature females heavily gravid up to the 3rd week of July.

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Hi Paul - hadn't thought of that possibility, thanks.  Whatever the reason, it was tiny - hope it makes it through the winter, but I have my doubts.
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Every Spring I see juvenile sand lizards that have made it through their first Winter and in quite a number of cases they are tiny, skinny looking but they have made it! ,In some cases these small juvs look like they havn't grown since birth.

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Will at least the weather has been herp friendly & its nice to see we are getting some good weather for the new reps to get them selves prepared with a bit more time to fatten up for the coming winter keith

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It was a very early start in Dorset this year with many females excavating nests in the second week of May. I didn't manage to get down after the end of May but I know that lots of lizards were observed digging in July so maybe a significant proportion did double clutch this year. As to the success rate with the less than amazing summer weather... Who knows...
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