Well... perhaps not in the lounge but certainly lounging around on the boardwalks! Common Lizards are especially obvious along the Northern Trail at the moment with up to 30 being visible on a warm weather walk. If you look closely you will see that they look flattened out, almost like they have been squashed! to gather more warmth they spread their ribs out and to create a greater surface area to capture them rays!

Our lizards out here live over water and seem quite a home scurrying around in the reeds. I was asked the other day how they manage to find someone dry to lay their eggs but the other name for our common species is Viviperous Lizard which means live bearing so no eggs required just perfecting formed mini lizards!

Nearly every individual has either lost the end of its tail or is regrowing it. I can only guess that being out over the water they are susceptible to the pecks of Moorhens and Water Rails that live in the reeds!

The montage below were all taken by Fred Roll on just one visit last week.

Fabulous!