well. that settles it. probably/sounds/looks like a lizard wins the vote. It Was a lizard.
never seen lizards up ere before! But yr very persuasive comments force me to have no doubt it was a lizard.
thanks guys

on the subject of wildlife, and being too lazy to trawl through the 137 pages on this thread (for which I apologise)....can anyone recommend a good, comprehensive wildlife book which is just on stuff you find in Derbyshire/High Peak? Don't mind if it includes flora and fauna too, in fact that'd be a bonus.