A Little Herping in Dorset

From August 10th-17th I had a week in Swanage Dorset with my daughter Sasha. Obviously I couldn't go all that way to the best herping county in England without having a look for some wildlife, but my main aim was to try and get some decent photos of Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis. I also did a fair bit of cycling ( you have to do something whilst waiting for a teenager to rise from their pit) as well as visiting some more touristy places. The weather was ok most of the week but rain Thursday afternoon enforced cancelling a trip to Brownsea Island. In the end the only reptile I didn't find was Grass Snake.

 view from caravan to Purbeck hills

 Swanage

 Above and below Smooth Snake

 Above and below Slow Worm

 Sand Lizard

 Male Adder

 Old Harry Rocks

 Female Common Blue

 Gatekeeper

 Common Wall Lizard

 Above male and below female Green Lizard

 Viviparous Lizard

 Heathland

 Fallow Deer

 Common Blue Damselfly

 Emperor Moth Caterpilar

 Female Adder

 Lulworth Cove

 Newly hatched Sand Lizards

 Lulworth Range

 ?Keeled Skimmer

 

Sand Lizard