Spring in Pictures: Amazing adders

How fantastic,havnt seen an adder for years.

Excellent photos, all of them.



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https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbnatureuk/NF21294790?thread=8227716

I can't compete with the photos above, but last year I did get a photo of slowworms, grass snake and adder all in one image: https://wildlifewanderings.blogspot.com/2010/03/serious-snake-action.html

:-)

I wonder how many people have seen adders 'balling' in the spring? The only people I know who've seen it are me and my husband, some years ago in a dry patch near Morden Bog, Dorset. I'd like to know more about this behaviour.

Havev a look at this pi of dancing adders by Michael Flowers (twitter @mjflowers1) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/36645014@N07/5784901491/in/contacts/

Hi Martin - we have house martins nesting at both ends of our bungalow near the north coast of Cornwall, but last year and again this year , a male house sparrow perches near one of the nests on the roof or the telephone wire twittering constantly. He seems almost to be harrassing the house martins - we have even seen the sparrow emerging from the nest - so much so that last year the nest was abandoned only appearing to be used later in the season as a roost for fledglings from elsewhere. Any thoughts and advice what can we do to prevent the same happening again?

I was lucky enought to see an adder when I was a boy in Gloucestershire, it got caught in the netting on my dads allotment. I did however see a grass snake this summer with a poor mouse in its mouth. I mannaged to catch it on film before it slithered away https://www.chappiethewonderdog.co.uk/blog/categories_5672/grass-snakes.html?row=2