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[temeres]

Yes, I know, I may as well have ceased to exist or been spirited away to some nether dimension of eternal doom and despair (I have been there, actually, it was called Croydon). But I am still around, and will no doubt appear again from time to time though don't lay any money on when.

Anyway, this is what I saw this morning:

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[kalypso_v]

Pleased to see you, and the lizard. What is the species? Did it get the fly? Is that a fragment of plastic bag overlying the leaves, or something natural looking like a fragment of plastic bag?

Tabitha brought me a mouse the other day. Not sure if this was a sign of spring.

[temeres]

I presume it's a Common Lizard, which used to be Lacerta vivipara but has apparently been moved into a new genus. I didn't even notice the fly until I was cropping the picture for uploading. And the strange shiny covering on the ivy leaf...? I think it's dead leaf tissue, but that's just a best guess.

What species of mouse was it?

[kalypso_v]

A scared one.

[temeres]

Apodemus timorus or Apodemus anexcreta?

(Who says you can't have fun with Linnaean binomials, eh?)

[decemberleaf]

Wonderful creature and beautiful photo, all the more appreciated because it's a singularity. I could feast my eyes. Thanks for this.

(Spring? I'll believe it when I see it. The temp here this morning was 12 degrees F = -11 degrees C.)