{"id":489,"date":"2012-06-21T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=489"},"modified":"2020-04-04T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T09:04:42","slug":"higher-hyde-heath-part-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"Higher Hyde Heath &ndash; part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the Dragonflies, Butterflies, Birds and heathland flora the main attraction at Higher Hyde Heath is the healthy population of the elusive Sand Lizard. Although I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to see them before at Arne and closer to home at Ainsdale, they\u2019ve been in so much cover its proved difficult to get a decent photograph.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0718.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (male)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0718_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (male)\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\">Sand Lizard (male)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0691.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (male)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0691_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (male)\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSand Lizard (male)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (female)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1159_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (female)\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\">Sand Lizard (female)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Sand Lizard (female)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0583_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Lizard (female)\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\">Sand Lizard (female)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">As well as the Sand Lizards Higher Hyde heath also has plenty of Common Lizards. Grass snakes, Adders, Slow worms and even the rare Smooth Snake can also be found.<em>\u00a0<\/em>A very impressive reserve hopefully next time we\u2019ll have a bit more time to explore it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Common Lizard eating a fly\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1141_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Common Lizard eating a fly\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCommon Lizard doing its best to control the horseflies<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0559.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Basking Common Lizards\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_0559_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Basking Common Lizards\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBasking Common Lizards (the middle and the one on the right are females, far left is a male.)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the Dragonflies, Butterflies, Birds and heathland flora the main attraction at Higher Hyde Heath is the healthy population of the elusive Sand Lizard. 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