This photograph represents another one of those curious moments when I sense that I’m being watched. I usually get such feelings just after I’ve settled down in the middle of nowhere to eat my lunch….and sure enough, as I glanced down at the ground to a point no more than three metres from where I was sitting, I suddenly spotted this Common Lizard sunbathing on an old piece of wood. I’m pleased to say that he hung around just long enough for me to take this picture before scuttling off into the undergrowth almost faster than the eye could follow!In fact, I managed to glimpse a fair few Common Lizards while I was working on the North Cornish coast in mid September 2007. The weather was very sunny and dry all week and it seemed that virtually all of Cornwall’s indiginous Reptile species were intent on taking full advantage of the Sun’s gloriously warm rays.For a more detailed account of this particular week in Cornwall, see the “Green” page at www.wildliferanger.com