vipera berus

Adder found by the side of the road. May have been dead (or frozen in fear) but appeared intact and was soft; no sign of rigor mortise which usually accompanies death.

Adder found by the side of the road. May have been dead (or frozen in fear) but appeared intact and was soft; no sign of rigor mortise which usually accompanies death.

Another individual

Very small, only 4-5 inches (100-125mm) long

A closer look

I found my first Adder of the year yesterday

A melanistic or "Black" Adder Doh, now I've got the Blackadder theme tune as an Earworm! ;) The sound of hoof beats 'cross the glade Good folk, lock up your son and daughter Beware the deadly flashing blade Unless you want to end up shorter Black Adder, Black Adder, he rides a pitch...

Four Adders in the same spot, a new record for me, one more than my previous record! ;) Three females and one male I think

Same shot but a bigger crop to show head detail

Possibly the same female as my previous post, it was in the same place anyway

Soaking up the rays at Minsmere this morning

Nice colouring and markings on this one, a fairly big snake, so a female maybe?

basking in the morning sun

Basking on a sunny morning, I know they can vary a lot in colour, but I've never seen one as yellow as this one!

A male and female I think, the stronger marked one was considerably smaller than the other, about 35cm long and it's head only about the size of my little finger nail Taken in the same place as my previous posts so probably the same snakes

Caught this one as it slithered across the dead leaf making a nice plain bg for a head shot

A nice sunny morning so I thought I would look for some Adders and found three sunning themselves at the base of a Bramble