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Slow Worm: Anguis fragilis

It's not been a disappointing two weeks in France, Black Redstarts are in the Garden, the Little Owl is in next doors, chimney stack, it watches me every day as I go about my business in the garden.

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Chiffchaff are singing across the road in the woods whilst the drumming of a Woodpecker can be heard in the background. In the garden on the other side Blackcap are nesting.

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After cutting the grass and a bit of weeding I decided to dig out a small pond,( it's for Dragonflies although I will be putting some frogs in).

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It only took a day to complete along with a rockery for the Lizards and finishing the job with some plants around the edges.

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I had the Moth trap out for two days and got some good results with one or two new species to add to the catalogue.

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 I have managed to photograph Some butterflies which I will be posting later

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You can hear the sound of a Cuckoo most days too but I have only seen one and managed a crap photo of it.

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I was quite lucky to be able to photograph a Slow Worm again and just missed out on an Adder.

Wall Lizards are starting to show next to the pond  and are worth getting out the camera for some close-up shots

More later