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Tom Omlette 
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 Posted: 31 Aug 2018 at 12:19am |
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never get tired of seeing your slowie update pics suz
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Suzy
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 11:56pm |
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I don't know Chubsta. My neighbour found a dead one on her lawn yesterday, very likely killed by one the the many cats that live in the neighbourhood. I do see some slow worms under the covers with missing tails, so something must have had a go at them. There are a lot of places they can retreat to, both natural and introduced by humans. Compost heaps really are great homes for them but I realise they go out in the open at times. I think it's been said on here before that you can have them in your garden and not realise, until you find one underneath something.
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chubsta
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 10:59pm |
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So many slow worms! I wonder what the survival rate is is a garden?
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Suzy
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 3:00pm |
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Just an update on slow worms, showing new young ones.
  What looks like fine sand is the work of ants under this cover. Slow worms seem to like to lie on ant worked ground - do they hoover up the ants?  This cover is a new one as I am replacing all my Coroline ones this time. It was only in place for two days and slow worms appeared.  Went to move a large quarry tile that was sat on the veg garden when to my surprise there was a mid sized toad underneath it. The tile has been sat there all summer. The toad was furiously digging itself in backwards as I looked at it, so I carefully replaced the tile. I think that is the first toad I've seen this year, certainly this summer. Put in a very small preform pond a few weeks ago and there was a large frog in it the other day, so hopefully the pond got some approval. I hope it will appeal to frogs for spawning in spring.
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Liz Heard
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Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 10:11am |
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Great to see Suzi.
And Will, yes i spotted that red frog too and was hoping to get a pic of her but i've missed my chance. It's all over here now. There are a handful of ever-the-optimist males still hanging around but that's it. |
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Suzy
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Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 1:19am |
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Yesterday saw my first young one. Normally see young of the previous year before any adults. Not so this year, but that might be because I moved all the covers in February as they were getting overgrown.
Only when I downloaded the image to edit that I noticed a second one! Mild day up to 14deg C this afternoon. Pipistrelles out this evening.  |
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Tom Omlette
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Posted: 16 Mar 2018 at 10:03pm |
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wow they look healthy! don't get to see them locally. maybe my favourite reptile :)
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Iowarth
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Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 9:31pm |
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Hi Suz
Totally different subject. I had an email today (a few minutes ago) suggesting that you had requested your password (i.e. forgot password.) The reason I am writing is that the automatic email giving you a new password was returned undelivered "Mailbox unavailable". Since the system will have changed your password, would you please drop me a line at admin@herpetofauna.co. uk so I can advise you of the new password. All the best Chris |
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Liz Heard
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Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 9:00pm |
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Fantastic Suzi - you beat me there. I've been turning sun-warmed objects over on likely days but still drawing a blank so far.
Great to see. 
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will
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Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 8:37am |
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lovely selection of males there, Suzi! I wonder if the brown spots on the larger ones go blue after a slough or if they stay brown? I've noticed that the blue spots on 'blue-spotted slowworms' often go brown if the animal hasn't sloughed for a while. If so, you could have a crop of beauties later in the spring
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