Lizard

[burnie]

Went hunting for Adders at Loch Lee weekend before last,no snakes but saw a lizard.I'm told there are slow worms up there but I've not seen one.

[Dunbar]

Fantastic! I never knew lizards were so common in Scotland. I'd heard that there was a population of sand lizards in the Pentland Hills. I've never seen any out here in East Lothian, but will be much more vigilant now that they appear to be fairly widely distributed. Are there any reptiles on the Western Isles, and in particular the Uists?

[paulr]

Hi Dunbar,
I believe the only reptile present in the Outer Hebrides is the slow worm.
There is an introduced colony of Sand Lizards on Coll.
cheers
Paul

[harelug]

sand lizards in the Pentland Hills

I had to google that one! Didn't cone across anything conclusive. Wouldn't be surprised if someone had tried to introduce them to some of the Islands but I'm sure any lizards found in the Pentlands were  Common Lizards, wrong habitat.

[tam]

Have a look about the old iron fencing Tam on Loch Thom they are normally more noticeable in warmer summer months and are a more a rusty colour.(maybe they eat the rusty fence lol)

Adders are also present not so far away though they have declined in number in recent years. 

thanks for info will do :

[Fin]

Seen a couple o common lizards, between Balintum and Kirkmicheal. A couple of weeks back while i was building a stone wall, they were basking on a cope stone.

  I remember a few years ago while putting up a deer fence ( it was a dear fence for the owner o the big house as well), on the south shore of Loch Rannoch, i put my big size ten down and when i lifted it, what i thought was a very wriggly worm turned out to be the tail of a lizard. I think they shed their tail to distract  predetors, while they leg it. They will grow another tail. 

      All the best Fin.