Lizards provide a great opportunity for some slightly exotic photography. Find a comfortable seat, a macro-enabled telephoto lens (e.g. 55-250 + extension tube), and sit and wait in front of a sun-drenched wall! You will see plenty of common wall lizards, that are very photogenic. The green lizards are a bit more skittish. The one […]
Reptiles
The floral diversity and associated insect and small mammal populations make our terrain a great location for reptiles. We see plenty of snakes, which are dominated by yellow-collared grass snakes and great western whipsnakes (up to 1.5m). We also commonly see adders, one of which bit our dog a few years back. The first snake […]