Thursday 17 March 2016

Adders

Yesterday, the air temperature was still about 5 degrees with only intermittent sunshine to tempt out any snakes. I met up with Bob at a Wealden hot spot and we found 2 or 3 Adders basking in warm hollows in the dead bracken. Those ruby red eyes are mesmerising and you can also see the notch in the top lip where the tongue exits. 
 
 
Adder (Vipera berus) (male)
 


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