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Trai Anfield encounters adders basking on the edges of Loch Lomond.

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Adder enthusiast, Chris McInerny

Image courtesy of Trai Anfield

  • Bracken provides a perfect hiding place for adders
  • Adder enthusiast, Chris McInerny
  • The shores of Loch Lomond
  • This adder hibernaculum is a pile of stones from a collapsed drystone wall
  • Adder amongst the bracken
  • Adders use their forked tongue to taste the air
  • Adders coil during basking to retain body heat
  • The day after the recording Trai returned to Loch Lomond to find the same adder

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