Normally, you can tell the difference between a newt and a lizard from the environment you find it in... so what is this common lizard doing in this pond vegetation?!🦎

Find out other ways to tell newts and lizards apart in our FAQs👉 arc-trust.org/lizards-faqs#d…

These might be just leaves, but can you see the folds? inside each of those are newt eggs!

Female newts will lay their eggs on leaves and then carefully fold them over to protect their precious bundles.

#amphibian #nature #wildlife #newt

Do you live in the UK and and have a passion for #Herpetology ? Then the upcoming British Herpetological Society AGM may be your cup of tea! Additionally, you get to hear me talk about #UKMidwifeToads too! Book your place here: thebhs.org/bhs-agm-2024

#Amphibians #Reptiles #Zoology

Firefighters spend six hours tackling huge blaze on Marsden Moor - Manchester Evening News manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Absolutely brilliant to see a pair of slow worms mating today in the Cheviots. The male has the female just behind her head. She's the one with the stripe down her back and sides. #slowworm #Northumberland #reptiles ARG UK
N'land National Park

'Boris Johnson’s government pledged to act to outlaw the environmentally endangered soil for domestic use by the end of 2024, but Rishi Sunak has not made it a priority & refused to introduce legislation for this parliamentary term.'

#ClimateCrisis
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Excellent day surveying today tophilllow. Multiple snakes, great weather. Encouraging all round. Terrapins were in Walkington not THL. tophilllow I'll email images and vids over. BBC Springwatch

Bad snake puns but good news story from Patrick Barkham BBO Wildlife Trust & Natural England, the impact of game birds on biodiversity needs to be urgently addressed, one for The Guardian investigation Chris Packham Iolo Williams ARG UK Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Craig Bennett theguardian.com/environment/ar…

A positive news story about adders for once, highlighting their need for conservation and innovative solutions to do so. Best of luck guys!

Nicholas Milton someone has finally listened! theguardian.com/environment/ar… #Herpetology #Reptiles #Snakes ARG UK Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Chris Packham

It was the warmest day of the year so far in London on 30th April, and our #LondonBlueChain team went out to speak to some new #BlueChainGuardians at Chinbrook Meadows in Lewisham.

This group of #CommonLizards was found basking in the sun!

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I have been worried about the toad presence at Wire Mill Dam, not worried now!

Found another grass snake at RSPB Fowlmere hunting the boardwalk ponds. ARG UK RSPB

Slow worm courtship ❤️

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This is one of my reptile survey routes. What hope do they have when pheasants are picking through the habitat like this? ARG UK

🎉 Happy 98th birthday, Sir David 🎉

From our archives, here he is nose-to-nose with a Komodo dragon at London Zoo in 2016 at an event to celebrate the renaming of the Attenborough Komodo Dragon house for his 90th birthday. Feels like only yesterday! #HappyBirthdaySirDavid

Cracking evenings sighting of this grass snake along the ForShep.
ARG UK The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Dr Steven Allain

To a man who has dedicated his life to conserving and understanding our natural world: Happy 98th Birthday! 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for your decades of devotion to our planet's wonders and wildlife.

ARC will be attending the Heath and Harbour Hullabaloo on May 12th 2024🪻🦎

Find out more here👉 dorsetheaths.org.uk/heath-harbour-…

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A Purbeck male Adder, flattening itself out to the maximum to capture the available heat from the sun, on a rather cold morning.
Not the recent work of the Song Thrush.
ARG UK