Category Archives: Lizard

The Caldbeck Fells

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

The approach to the foot of the mountain resembled the approaches to the feet of most other mountains. The cultivation gradually ceased, the trees grew gradually rare, the road became gradually rougher, and the sides of the mountain looked gradually … Continue reading →

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Gait Barrows Puzzles

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

On the Sunday after our picnic, there was a sheep-dog trial on in the field behind our house. (Photos of a previous trial are here if that floats your boat.) Our house is separated from the field by a sort … Continue reading →

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Viviparous or Common Lizards

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Three species of lizard are native to Britain, the sand lizard (which I suspect is what A and I saw at the Parc du Marquenterre), slow worms, and the viviparous or common lizard. In addition there are a few naturalised … Continue reading →

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Perfect Day

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

I’ve whittled on before about the elements which combine to make a ‘good day on the hoof’. This was hardly a day on the hoof: a short bicycle ride to the end of Moss Lane, a picnic on a bench … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterflies, Dragonflies, Frogs, Gait Barrows, Haweswater, Hoverflies, Lizard, Toads, Walking, Wildflowers | 2 Comments

Jersey – The Channel Island Way III

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Leaving the restaurant we walked past the entrance to the castle and down some steps to the end of Gorey promenade. On the wall by the steps we saw a couple of these wall lizards. Apparently the colouration can vary … Continue reading →

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Supernumerary Rainbow

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

I was sitting with S in his room as he drifted off to sleep, reading, perhaps appropriately, ‘Cosmic Imagery’ by John D. Barrow a great book to dip in to on just such an occasion, when that call went out … Continue reading →

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Birkett Bagging Mania

Posted on July 5, 2010 by

Or My Favourite Christmas Present VII Bog asphodel. Yet another cracking day, in a sequence of clear blue sunny sky days and unalloyed joy which has lasted so long that I’m actually beginning to feel paranoid – what kind of … Continue reading →

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Common Lizard

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Out this weekend, well off my usual stamping grounds in the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve, when my companion spotted this tiny handsome dude sunning himself by the path.

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