Adders 2010

Made a visit to Frensham Pond in Surrey on 24th April to see whether I could catch my first glimpse of an Adder in 25 years!!! I have looked for them on my walks but have never had the time to really track them down. I made a special effort to go to the right habitat and voila. Amazing. A male checking its territory I decided. I didn’t see any battling in the famous ‘adder dance’ so still have this to look for one lucky day.

 

 

 

 

 

They are fresh out of hibernation (late this year) and I saw two discarded skin sloughs too.

 

 

 

 

 

Also of interest was this Green Tiger Beetle… or actually many of them jumping all over the dry sandy soils of the heaths. I’ll be looking out for their grubs later in the year that lie buried in the sand in ambush.

 

 

Saw my first Brimstone of the year (very late) and heard my first cuckoo too.