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I went adder hunting at the weekend and was lucky enough to find this pair. I love the contrast between the brightly patterned male and the duller female.
Adders 2968a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adders 3007a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adders 3252a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adders 3267a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
What is particularly interesting (to me at least!) is that the male is identifiable as an individual I photographed last year, not far from this spot. I can tell as the head markings are unique to each individual so I'm building up a gallery of head patterns. So far I've identified two snakes that I also saw last year.
The snake on the left of this pic is the same male in the above pics, the colour difference is due to the fact that this year he's freshly moulted whereas last years photo shows him in pre-moult, when the colours are cloudy and muted:
Adder 6087a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
And here's two crops of the head so you can see that the pattern is the same:
Adder 6088-16 by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adder 3267-17 by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Thanks for looking,
Dave
Adders 2968a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adders 3007a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adders 3252a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adders 3267a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
What is particularly interesting (to me at least!) is that the male is identifiable as an individual I photographed last year, not far from this spot. I can tell as the head markings are unique to each individual so I'm building up a gallery of head patterns. So far I've identified two snakes that I also saw last year.
The snake on the left of this pic is the same male in the above pics, the colour difference is due to the fact that this year he's freshly moulted whereas last years photo shows him in pre-moult, when the colours are cloudy and muted:
Adder 6087a by Dave O'B, on Flickr
And here's two crops of the head so you can see that the pattern is the same:
Adder 6088-16 by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Adder 3267-17 by Dave O'B, on Flickr
Thanks for looking,
Dave