Sand Lizards on Wild Britain (2018)

A short piece from Channel 5's new series 'Wild Britain' looking at the life of a sand lizard living on one of the UK's coasts. Clip is from episode 3.

[@polishalien6971]

There are tons of these lizards here in Poland, they are so amazing

[@blahblah256678]

Continually impressed by the amount of thoughtful, informative coverage that British TV delivers on its herps. Could stand to follow your example stateside. This is a great channel.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Wild Britain looks like a great series, amazing footage of an amazing reptile. Thumbs up 👍

[@mydailylifevidsxx5060]

That was absolutely amazing, so nice to watch 😊

[@natynatasha4105]

These are very common in Romania I live there btw

[@mydailylifevidsxx5060]

I’ll look for them anyway lol🤣

[@savebutterflies8597]

A short snippet about sand lizards at Ynyslas was on bbc1 Wales this evening. You might want to catch that on iplayer and upload to your channel? Good footage of a grass snake chasing a sand lizard!

[@BritishHerpetology]

Thanks for the heads up - I've found the footage and it's now been uploaded!

[@savebutterflies8597]

Do you have a link? I can't see this on your channel? The first episode there were about 5-6mins of footage at 'the Sahara of Wales' Ynyslas

[@savebutterflies8597]

Do you have a link? I can't see this on your channel? The first episode there were about 5-6mins of footage at 'the Sahara of Wales' Ynyslas 🦎🐍

[@savebutterflies8597]

Dragons of the dunes can be seen from 40min59 to 46min56. Nearly 6mins of footage! Definitely worth putting on your channel?! Have to do it soon before it gets taken off iplayer! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0717btg

[@BritishHerpetology]

@@savebutterflies8597 It didn't upload properly the first time, here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqyoaqNibmEbZI

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

This is truly amazing. I'm going out on to Formby beach sand dunes over the next few days to try find these. There so rare . Would captive breeding for wild conservation be an option,? Something I'm looking into

[@BritishHerpetology]

It may be a bit late in the year, also disturbing them (ie photography) is illegal so it may be best to contact someone who works with them to see if you can get involved.

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

@@BritishHerpetology I've contacted Chester zoo for more information. Thanks a million . Really appreciate it

[@HighlanderNorth1]

Why is it you have lizards in England, in the north Atlantic, but we dont have them here in northern Delaware, where our springs are probably warmer, and our summers are definitely hotter?

[@BritishHerpetology]

That's a good question. I suspect it is all to do with the recent geologic past, instead of the conditions that are around today. We're pretty sure you have at least a couple of lizard species in northern Delaware such as the eastern fence lizard and common five-lined skink?

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@BritishHerpetology I've lived here on the border of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania since 1980, and I've worked primarily outdoors since 1988. But aside from occasionally finding a small salamander under a rock, I've never seen a proper lizard anywhere within this tri-state region, which includes; New Castle county Delaware, southern Chester county & eastern Lancaster county Pa, and Cecil County Md. We have quite a few frog species that I see, such as; grey tree frogs, Cope's grey tree frogs, green tree frogs, spring peepers(also tree frogs), green frogs, American bull frogs, pickerel frogs, American toads, etc. But no lizards. I visit Martin county Florida every March or April. Its about 2/3 of the way down Florida's east coast. There are a myriad of lizard species all over down there, and 2 invasive species have spread into that area in the last few years(curly tailed lizards and red headed agamas). Even if you tried, you couldn't go a day without seeing lizards in Florida!

[@Mjk10957]

I actually didn't know we got lizards in the UK , learn something knew every day.

[@BritishHerpetology]

There are three native species, the sand lizard is the rarest of them. Glad to have helped you find this out.

[@mydailylifevidsxx5060]

Would they be best to look for in spring or summer? Thanks!

[@davidtrowers1654]

Isn’t that the gower?