Hi everyone. This is my first post on this forum. I'm from SE London / NE Kent in the UK. I have a passion for wildlife photography especially reptiles and put many of my shots on my photography website.
I visited both my favourite sites Friday looking for snakes. The first site was quite disappointing with only a couple of Slow Worms and a few Viviparous Lizards spotted. I didn't expect there to be many Adders about once it had warmed up because of the high temperatures we've had here lately so I got there quite early but still failed to find any.
The second site was a different story. I found 2 adult female Adders, 1 adult male Adder and 3 juvenile Adders. The male was showing his 'mating colours' and is was a beautiful silver-grey with dark black markings. I've been trying to photograph one like this for the past two years so I was well pleased to get a couple of good shots.
It was also an absolutely amazing day for Slow Worms at this site. I spotted an incredible 49 Slow Worms under about a dozen artificial refugia. (tins & felt). There were a few very large males with very clear blue spotted markings indicating a fair old age. With Slow Worms capable of living to over 50 years of age I was wondering how old some of these large spotted males must have been? It makes me want to treat them with even more respect having lived for that long.
Anyway, here are a few of the Adder shots. As usual, larger versions and other images can be seen on my website here:
Jason Steel Wildlife Photography
Best regards,
Jason
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