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    Posted: 05 May 2013 at 9:47pm
Some pairings and some rough and tumble from sand lizards today...







and a male on his own amongst the lichen...
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Found (or rather disturbed..oops) a female digging a nest/ egg tunnel yesterday around about 3pm in glorious sunshine. She initially lurked in nearby marram, but when i returned to site about 10 mins later she had abandoned part dug hole (which as ready filling with wind blown sand)
 
And today a gravid looking female in a different part of site (she obiviously likes this log as saw her shedding on it earlier in month.
I' ll attach a couple of piccys in certain knowledge Will or someone will eclipse them within hours!!
 
 
Oh and a website that be of interest to forum users is wunderground.com a weather site that can show PAST weather for a given location....
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Well it turns out she did lay some eggs on that patch of sand. How do I know?
Well, sadly something (rabbit I guess) had partly dug the eggs out (which surprisingly were only about 3" 75mm deep). One egg was fully exposed to sun (though still plump and "pink") and could only see 2 others partly exposed in side of hole. To be on the safe side I covered the hole over with sand, but I assume even part of a day in the sun will have cooked them.
 
Be interesting to see if any do hatch.
 
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nice obs Steve; I guess they haven't managed to make up for lost time earlier in the season, if now is typical for egg laying this year.  Let's hope for a sunny JulyCool...
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Hi Will yep we are desperate in need some good sunny weather to hatch them out as its been so grim, and I havent been out down the South west or even surrey this year and getting twitchy keith
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