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Danny13 Senior Member Joined: 03 Oct 2004 No. of posts: 52  View other posts by Danny13 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2005 Hi im going to Allerthorpe tomorrow and temps are very high, was wondering if anyone had any tips for herp spotting in such high temps. |
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*SNAKE* Senior Member Joined: 16 May 2004 No. of posts: 220  View other posts by *SNAKE* |
Posted: 18 Jun 2005 take plenty of suntan lotion & water PAUL SMITH |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 18 Jun 2005 I have found that tins are good places when it is very hot, say at lunchtime. I think you'll find someone else comments on this elsewhere. The tins might be too hot to touch but surprisingly adders can often be found underneath. You might think they'd be absolutely fried - but not so. Other than that I guess you'd need to get out and about early if it's going to be a scorcher as everything will be warming up quickly and moving off. You'll know that anyway!
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 18 Jun 2005 Just thought - if you don't know Allerthorpe (I certainly don't) you won't know if there are any tins down. Probably duff advice therefore - sorry! Suz |
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*SNAKE* Senior Member Joined: 16 May 2004 No. of posts: 220 View other posts by *SNAKE* |
Posted: 18 Jun 2005 its going to be hot tomorrow you will have to get there early if theres no tins and hunt around before it gets to hot good hunting paul PAUL SMITH |
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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369  View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2005
It will be very difficult to find adders in the middle of the day in the heat - and I normally find that most adders would not be under tins in very hot conditions - it may depend on the amount of dead thatch underneath. I have found a female adder once under a piece of tin in very hot conditions the majority of snakes on my sites do not use tins that much as there is plenty of habitat around them. Early morning and very late afternoon would be the best times to go out to spot adders - you would probably find pregnant females while the males etc would be in deep cover Regards JC
Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife |
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spaniel Member Joined: 16 Oct 2004 No. of posts: 25 View other posts by spaniel |
Posted: 19 Jun 2005 Was out Saturday morning, nothing under tins but came across this girl sunbathing at about 10:15am. The area where this was taken adders only bask in the mid morning as far as I can tell so timing for me is the key or then again it could be I just haven't seen any at other times
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Danny13 Senior Member Joined: 03 Oct 2004 No. of posts: 52 View other posts by Danny13 |
Posted: 20 Jun 2005 Hi yea you were right about the tins suzi, there are a few tins out on the heath and saw two under different tins. They were red hot to touch and i was quite suprised to find em there. Also there was a toad camoflaged in the mud practically touching one of the female adders, does this normally occur? By the time i got to the site it was already scorching so I didnt find any out basking in my usual area. |
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Danny13 Senior Member Joined: 03 Oct 2004 No. of posts: 52 View other posts by Danny13 |
Posted: 20 Jun 2005 Hi yea you were right about the tins suzi, there are a few tins out on the heath and saw two under different tins. They were red hot to touch and i was quite suprised to find em there. Also there was a toad camoflaged in the mud practically touching one of the female adders, does this normally occur? By the time i got to the site it was already scorching so I didnt find any out basking in my usual area. |
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