The wall lizard(Podarcis muralis)does not hibernate like most other reptiles that inhabit the temperate regions of the world, they can be active in cooler weather but try to use any amount of sunlight they can get.In Britain this species is not native, at least not within the near past, as we are too cold even in winter for them, but lately the animals have been thriving in various parts of the UK especially the south. the climate on the south coast is similar to northern Europe and at times is warmer as we benefit from westerly influenced weather pasterns bringing warm damp air. The race of wall lizards we have though are related to Mediterranean animals. the lizards at Bournemouth seem to do OK and are thriving in the Mediterranean like climate we have here. The brown variety of northern Europe is also present along the south coast and at different locations in Dorset. they are not colourful like this male specimen. 
The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)is also active and does always hibernate.It had an early start along with the early warmer than usual weather, allowing their green colours of the male to develop much earlier than usual. In the late afternoon ,several males were basking down the setting sun.
At this time of year, the little bee (Anthophora plumipes)can be seen darting about and hovering perfectly in front of flowers .There is great sexual dimorphism among this species as there is with many species of hymenoptera, the female is very different from the male.This is a female, the male is brown and looks very different.
