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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tim hamlett Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jun 2009 at 6:58pm

cheers fellas

@tony - snow in south africa. hmm...might help the british lions. they are gonna ned something!!!

@al - i'm in north north staffordshire...a long way from sunny surrey!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dave fixx Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jun 2009 at 9:43am
Tim I agree,I would have thought the same,infact last year we posted a pic convinced that the adder was pregnant and well fed,only to find out thats a bit of a contradiction in terms.I m really chuffed we have people like Tony here prepared to help us out and I m sure he must enjoy it to.Dont forget who helped me find that first slow worm.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote will Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jul 2009 at 9:33am
Here's one of six gravid females from a London site; so far the summer weather has been kind and they're coming on nicely, along with lots of very gravid lizards, making food for the young adders to come.  BTW, have you seen the remarkable picture in this month's BBC Wildlife mag sent in by a reader of a male adder apparently eating a neo adder ?  Tony's reply in the mag says it's the first he's heard of this sort of cannibalism in adders.


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lovely pic as usual will.

spotted this little cutie along with a couple of females in a new part of the woodland today. looks like one of last years. hope it doesn't end up as lunch for an adult!

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soo cute 
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Cheers Tim; well spotted - those young ones aren't easy to see !
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I found these 3 females this morning at a regularly visited site in Flintshire. I suspect all 3 are pregnant, would others agree?

 I often find it difficult to tell which animals are pregnant and, like Tony, tend to go more on behaviour. These 3 have stayed put on the hibernation site since emergence.

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I ve missed these ladies this summer,dont think I ve seen them since May,Never seen them like this before,really nice picture Mick.
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Tony,

They were on the hibernation area, a small limestone pavement surrounded by scrub and woodland. I see females basking together quite regularly, up to 4 at a time some years. I've been monitoring the site for 5 years using photo ID. Its quite a small, isolated population with only 10-12 adults. Some concern that it may be in decline but I need a few more years data to be certain.

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