Last night while getting ready for todays Crieff Market (despite having no shows for weeks we still needed to work til midnight to be ready) I found this outside the workshop door.
It was a bit of a shock as I have never seen anything like it before. We both stopped and spent a few minutes watching and photographing it and trying to guess what it might be.
Our options were
1. A Komodo Dragon
2. A dinosaur
3. An extra from Primeval
Some research on the internet today has helped narrow down the field a bit.
Komodo Dragons only live in Indonesia so that was ruled out.
It appears that dinosaurs are extinct, so not that.
No sparkly anomalies nearby so not Primeval either.
A bit more reasearch has revealed that it is most probably a smooth newt. It is very rare to see one in your garden never mind on your doorstep, but probably more likely than finding any of our original options.
We have now registered our sighting on a website which records where amphibians are spotted to help identify populations and habitats.
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