Tuesday 29 March 2011

Another Good Day in the North

On Sunday the 27th March myself and fellow herper Matt Wilson decided to investigate a new site about 30 miles north of our regular Adder spot. We were also joined briefly by Andrew Gray who wanted to see his first Adders of the year. The forecast of white cloud wasn't the best, but as we arrived at the site hazy sunshine broke through. In quite a small isolated area we quickly found 3 males Adders Vipera berus.

The first Male Adder Vipera berus © Carl Corbidge


The second Male Adder Vipera berus © Carl Corbidge

The third Male Adder Vipera berus © Carl Corbidge


Moving on, we went to a site with a thriving population of Alpine Newts Ichtoysaura alpestris. However these are an introduced species native to Western Europe, France etc. When searching for newts, torches at night proves most profitable, however we found 1 male, along with a Palmate Newt Lissotriton helviticus, 2 Common Toads Bufo bufo and Spawn of Common Frog.

Alpine Newt Ichtoysaura alpestris © Carl Corbidge

Alpine Newt Ichtoysaura alpestris © Carl Corbidge
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2 comments:

  1. James17 June 2011 at 06:35

    I'm quite fond of reptiles and amphibians, and I'm located up in Scarborough. The beginning of next week I will be driving quite far south, Stoke-On-Trent, but I was wondering if the colony of Alpine Newts was easy to find and open to the public. If you don't want to publicise the site so openly online, I understand, so here is my email address:

    j.hardingmorris@googlemail.com

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  2. Joshua Wiley19 December 2023 at 22:06

    Thanks for a greatt read

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