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Thanks John, it does look like it's having a bit of a smile.

Last few from yesterday...

Thanks Kev. I went up there again today but didn't see any.....

I'd moved a little to fast at one point so the lizard scurried off into the wall, so I just waited until it came back out again... a series of 4 images 13 shots apart.... I'm coming out again... I did like the 3rd shot as I just got a bit of it's tongue coming out....

To be honest I'm a sucker for a good sunset and this is a nice composition.

Thanks John, I must admit I was surprised to find them, I knew we had a few lizard species in the UK, but hadn't expected to see them up around Pendle Hill. Apparently this species of lizard can be found across Europe upto 3000m and as far north as the Arctic Circle.

Thanks James and Rick. Just checked the Wildlife Trusts website and they have the lifespan of common lizards as 1 to 12 years, so it may well be the same one from last year.

There must be more than one, last year when I spotted the first one I then suddenly started seeing them all over, running over roads, basking on walls. I'm guessing the walls make a good place to hide up for the winter.

To be honest Kev I don't know, I've no idea how long they live in the wild, but it does seem strange to see one in the almost exact same place.

Thanks Kev. It's interesting that I've seen a lizard on this particular drystone wall - within a few feet - almost 12 months apart.

Just a few from a late evening drive up today around Pendle Hill - I've seen Common Lizards up here before, in fact on this same stretch of drystone wall. I only had to wait about 20 minutes before I spotted one. These were were taken using my Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens, either on it's own or in conjunction with the Canon EP12 or EP25 extension tubes. I used aperture priority and single point focus, f9 to f11, iso 400 The lizard is about 15cm max from nose to tip of tail.

Great shot JHF, always a tough bird to photograph.

It's been quite a while since I last went to Edinburgh - I had my honeymoon there - though we flew up from Manchester.

Oh, that's an interesting abstract looking underside of a bridge, I like looking for things like this myself. I spotted an interesting one in Berwick upon Tweed a few years back.

Congrats from me, a worthy winner.