FAQs about lizards: encouraging them

Lizards like dry-stone walls and rockeries (Lucy Benyon)

WILDLIFE INFORMATION SERVICE

Frequently Asked Questions about... lizards:

How do I encourage lizards into my garden?

Lizards, like all reptiles, need places for basking in the sun, foraging for food and areas for shelter. They may live and forage in rockeries, dry-stone walls or log piles where there are plenty of nooks and crannies to hide in as well as open areas to bask on. They may also forage nearby in longer vegetation, compost heaps or wood piles. Whether you see reptiles in your garden depends largely on whether they are in the local area and can access it in the first place.

You can find more information on maintaining your garden for reptiles by visiting our Dragons in your Garden section.

It is important to report your lizard sightings to help build up local and national records of these declining species. Get in touch with the local Biological Records Centre and your local Amphibian and Reptile Group (ARG) if you have seen lizards in your garden.

More information:

Identifying reptiles. >>>

Dragons in your Garden. >>>

Find my Local Records Centre. >>>

Find my Local ARG. >>>