Heath & Rocks

[Ilian Velikov]

Last week we went to one of the heathlands on the coast of southern Dorset,England. It was not a herping trip at all and I didn't make any research before going there, but nevertheless, considering the huge area, we had a very good luck and managed to find four of the UK's six native species of reptiles on the heath and also other interesting wildlife on the cliffs along the coast. Here are a few photos.

Vipera berus

Natrix natrix

Natrix natrix

Zootoca vivipara

Lacerta agilis

Lacerta agilis

On the cliffs there were a lot of nesting birds such as gulls, fulmar and...

Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) with prey

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Lovely!

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Nice, especialy the Natrix (and the shots )

[Martti Niskanen]

Beautiful adder and well done with the peregrine.

[Mario Schweiger]

very nice pictures, O love especially this nice colored berus male

[Ilian Velikov]

Thank you all for the nice comments!

In reallity the adder was looking even better than on the photo. He was much more yellowish. I've never seen one like that before, most males I've seen are greyish.

[Christoph Stenger]

Nice pictures!

[Liam Russell]

Hello Ilian, looks like you had a good trip, let me know if you can head down again and we'll go for all six (plus exotics)....

[Ilian Velikov]

Thanks Liam, I'll definitely give you a call when we go there again!