 Keeled Skimmer (female)A real specialist of pools in wet heathland and bogs. This particular female had just emerged and was surprisingly approachable. Unfortunately none of the bright blue males were around. |
 Sand Lizard (male)Definitely the most spectacular of our native lizards especially when the males turn bright green during Spring and early Summer. Unfortunately its also the rarest. |
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A short video of a male Sand Lizard taken at Higher Hyde Heath. A bit shaky but not too bad considering it was taken with the trusty Panasonic LX5 |
 Sand Lizard (female) again at Higher Hyde |
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Another short video of a particularly inactive female Sand Lizard. |
 Apart from when basking on the clay pantiles the female Sand Lizard’s camouflage is really effective. Unless they move it can take half an hour or more to really get your eye in. |