on their way out?

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   I've now made three passing visits to Boscombe this year and seen only one pair of green lizards in total - as well as this, numbers of wall lizards seem well down.  Overmanagement cannot be entirely responsible and I wonder if the recent poor summers are more to blame...a few more of these and worries over the impact of these species may not be relevant any longer, since without recruitment the populations will rapidly go extinct.  It will be interesting to see what happens, but for the moment I would suggest you go now to avoid disappointment if you want to see these exotics in the mainland...

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will Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1830	Post Options Post Reply Quote will Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: on their way out? Posted: 25 May 2013 at 10:09pm
	I've now made three passing visits to Boscombe this year and seen only one pair of green lizards in total - as well as this, numbers of wall lizards seem well down. Overmanagement cannot be entirely responsible and I wonder if the recent poor summers are more to blame...a few more of these and worries over the impact of these species may not be relevant any longer, since without recruitment the populations will rapidly go extinct. It will be interesting to see what happens, but for the moment I would suggest you go now to avoid disappointment if you want to see these exotics in the mainland...

ChrisR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Location: Bournemouth Status: Offline Points: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChrisR Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2013 at 11:01pm
	I have only seen 5 individuals this year. One being a juvenile. I have been thinking the same thing maybe a year or two left.
	Chris

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 2013 at 11:29pm
	Has someone been collecting them?
	Suz

will Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1830	Post Options Post Reply Quote will Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2013 at 7:16am
	It could be, Suzy, at least from the more accessible parts of the cliffs, but more likely to be the awful last few summers which would lead to virtually no hatching success.

AGILIS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1689	Post Options Post Reply Quote AGILIS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2013 at 8:46am
	"Hi Will" this be a sad thing as they certainly give a great deal of pleasure and they appear on the local wildlife notice boards on the cliffs , and there could certainly be people collecting them for money or pets, I thought this sort of collector herpetologist had dissapeared in to the past like my youth ,mind you there is still a lot of wall lizards about & also there was a devastating cliff top fire where a lot used to live a few seasons ago.keith Edited by AGILIS - 08 Jun 2013 at 5:12pm
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GemmaJF Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Location: Essex Status: Offline Points: 4359	Post Options Post Reply Quote GemmaJF Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2013 at 2:55pm
	Wasn't there talk in the past that NE wanted them eradicated? Perhaps they started?

AGILIS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1689	Post Options Post Reply Quote AGILIS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2013 at 5:14pm
	Hmmm good point Gemma and what with the badger culling pity it dont work on humans
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kevinb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 259	Post Options Post Reply Quote kevinb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2013 at 5:47pm
	I visited someone in Dorset 4 years ago and they told me that if I wanted to see the Wall lizards at Boscombe then I should hurry up and get down there. No more details were given butit was implied that certain measures were about to be introduced there.

AGILIS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1689	Post Options Post Reply Quote AGILIS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 2013 at 7:33pm
	mind you they will never be able to clear them out as the cliff face access will make it impossible for the narrow minded NE exterminators , their here to stay just like Euro mps Edited by AGILIS - 08 Jun 2013 at 7:35pm
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Richard2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Status: Offline Points: 285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Richard2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jun 2013 at 9:23pm
	Hope so.