Harvestman at Large
Common lizard
I was at Beacon Hill, a Gwent Wildlife Trust nature reserve where heathland recreration is in progress. The site was originally heathland before it was planted with commercial conifers in the 1950sm but the conifers were cut down a few years ago. I was to be leading a walk at the site on the weekend, so on Wednesday I was there for the pre-walk look around.
This is my first ever lizard photograph. There is a path to a pool, and I saw the lizard basking on a stump, but it saw me, and disappeared into the heather and gorse. I walked on, and immediately saw a second lizard on another stump. It too disappeared, so I stalked carefully back to the first stump, and my original lizard had returned.
I am really pleasd.
Common lizard
I was at Beacon Hill, a Gwent Wildlife Trust nature reserve where heathland recreration is in progress. The site was originally heathland before it was planted with commercial conifers in the 1950sm but the conifers were cut down a few years ago. I was to be leading a walk at the site on the weekend, so on Wednesday I was there for the pre-walk look around.
This is my first ever lizard photograph. There is a path to a pool, and I saw the lizard basking on a stump, but it saw me, and disappeared into the heather and gorse. I walked on, and immediately saw a second lizard on another stump. It too disappeared, so I stalked carefully back to the first stump, and my original lizard had returned.
I am really pleasd.