Latest Sightings - June

A few images from the last week or so surveying in the Forest of Dean.

Taken from 4 different sites.

Male adder

Juvenile adder basking on a tree stump

Juvenile adder

Mature female adder

Grass snake

Female adder

Female adder in the grass

Male adder basking on a log

Sloughed (shed) grass snake skin

Please help us map and protect our heprtiles by uploading all your reptile and amphibian sightings to our record pool, via our GlosARG website HERE

Thank you

Rob

Latest Survey - Saturday 7th June 2014

I've been surveying like mad, taking advantage of the nice weather, just like our reptiles.

2014 is proving to be a great year so far for our snakes in Forest of Dean and I hope it continues.

Here are some photos from the weekend.

Total snakes recorded from two sites...

Adder - X12
Grass snake - X5

Female Adder

Grass snake

Juvenile Adder

Male Adder

Male Adder

Male Adder

Female Adder

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Snakes 2014

Apologies for not keeping this blog updated. I've had a lot going on, but it doesn't mean I haven't been out there surveying Gloucestershire.
We "GlosARG" have already completed two events so far this year for Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust in the form of a talk and a survey training event in Stroud, which both sold out and went really well.

Onto the snakes...

As the adder is in serious decline throughout the UK it is always an anxious time, just before you start seeing the snakes emerge from hibernation.
Thankfully all of my sites (bar one) are producing healthy populations and to top it off we have also identified a new reptile location. Below are the findings from one recent survey at this new site.

Adder (male) X2
Adder (female) X1
Slow-worm X2
Common lizard 50+

Speechless, but it proves that there are still many undiscovered areas out there, waiting to be discovered. All you need to do is get your feet on the ground and find them.
We can now monitor this site and help protect it.

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Below are some images from March to date. I have seen quite a few grass snakes, but not had the opportunity to photograph one just yet.

Rob