Friends of Rede Common Celebrate Reptiles
Written by Mike Phillips   
Sunday, 02 August 2009 10:32
The Friends of Rede Common held an open day yesterday at their site in Strood.  Local people were invited to come along to the site where a range of activities were on offer including a guided tour of the artificial cover objects  to look for some of the reptiles that Slow-wormwere thought to be 
on the site as well as the chance to take part in the construction of a hibernaculum for the animals.  The group had contacted KRAG earlier in the year as they thought reptiles were present on the site and wanted some help establishing whether this was the case.  The group were advisedto lay out some roofing felt in likely locations and yesterday these were checked for the first time revealing a number of slow-worm and two juvenile viviparous lizards.

The group now aim to ensure that the management of the site is sympathetic to their new found herpetile friends and ongoing monitoring of the site will continue.  If you are interested in getting involved with this group who carry out a number of different practical tasks and events throughout the year then contact group co-ordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it