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Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:07 pm
by 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.

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Vipera berus


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Natrix natrix


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Natrix natrix


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Zootoca vivipara


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Lacerta agilis


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Lacerta agilis


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

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Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) with prey


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Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)


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Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:14 pm
by Jeroen Speybroeck
Lovely!

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:28 pm
by Jürgen Gebhart
Nice, especialy the Natrix (and the shots ;) )

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:41 pm
by Martti Niskanen
Beautiful adder and well done with the peregrine.

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:16 am
by Mario Schweiger
very nice pictures, O love especially this nice colored berus male ;)

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:50 am
by 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.

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:05 am
by Christoph Stenger
Nice pictures!

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:14 pm
by 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)....

Re: Heath & Rocks

PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:37 am
by Ilian Velikov
Thanks Liam, I'll definitely give you a call when we go there again!