dark, darker, darkest
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Topic: dark, darker, darkest
Posted By: will
Subject: dark, darker, darkest
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 5:07pm
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3 different melanistic adders from today, each with slightly different amounts of melanism. One was basking with a normally coloured male: dark...  darker...  darkest...  |
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Posted By: Tom Omlette
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 6:33pm
| great shots will |
Posted By: GemmaJF
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 6:57pm
Superb Will 
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Posted By: will
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 9:25pm
| thanks both! great time of year to spot the dark ones, before it gets warm and they stop basking in the open. |
Posted By: AGILIS
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2014 at 6:52am
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Nice ones Will what county ? I have yet to see one keith ------------- LOCAL ICYNICAL CELTIC ECO WARRIOR AND FAILED DRUID |
Posted By: will
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2014 at 7:06am
| Hi Keith - I know you don't like it but 'Greater London'! |
Posted By: Iulia
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2014 at 9:08pm
brilliant shots. no sign of my blackadder yet 
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Posted By: arvensis
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2014 at 12:22am
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Saw 3 melanistics at one of my local sites on Saturday... Once I sort my pics out, i may put up a pic. Mark |