{"id":1090,"date":"2013-06-16T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2016-02-13T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T11:12:45","slug":"dragons-and-lizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1090","title":{"rendered":"Dragons and Lizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Keeled Skimmer (female) at Higher Hyde Heath\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5582_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Keeled Skimmer (female) at Higher Hyde Heath\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nKeeled 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (male)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5674_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (male)\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSand 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (male) on clay pantile\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5652_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (male) on clay pantile\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<div id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:770982f5-3fa2-4d72-ae42-64b7052add9d\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block; width: 448px; padding: 0px;\">\n<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-ibyF8gIzMg?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-ibyF8gIzMg?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (female\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5689_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (female\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSand Lizard (female) again at Higher Hyde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"600\">\n<div id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:05681628-a64b-41ee-8aad-a4d4556b51c0\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding: 0px;\">\n<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/d-npU9NocEk?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/d-npU9NocEk?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Another short video of a particularly inactive female Sand Lizard.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (female) basking in the sunshine\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5630_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (female) basking in the sunshine\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nApart from when basking on the clay pantiles the female Sand Lizard\u2019s camouflage is really effective. 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