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Ophiuchus
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View other posts by Ophiuchus 		Posted: 31 Mar 2009
Yesterday, Mark and myself went to a site in the mendips and met Paul, despite the weather not being all that ideal, I think we did pretty well, seeing 25 Adders (which is the most Adders i have seen in one day) 7 Grass snakes, one of which has a nasty injury to its eye, Paul mentioned the other site we would visit later had some really big grassies, however the ones i saw at this site were the biggest I have seen! we also saw several common lizards, which seemed to have a very bright green colour, and 3 Slow worms (under tins) the other site didnt turn up any grassies but there were a few adders.
All in all it was a good days herping and nice to meet up with Paul on one of his local stomping grounds.

Ophiuchus *~*the serpent bearer*~*
Ophiuchus
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View other posts by Ophiuchus 		Posted: 31 Mar 2009

Some pics from the day


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Ophiuchus *~*the serpent bearer*~*
Paul Ford
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View other posts by Paul Ford 		Posted: 01 Apr 2009

Hi Jay,

It was good to meet up again.

I'd forgotten just how pretty that Grass snake was. How come when we measured her she was only 2 feet long - it looks pretty clear from the photo that she's longer than that

PAul
Paul Ford
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View other posts by Paul Ford 		Posted: 02 Apr 2009

I popped up again today after work - it was warmwer today and there were grass snakes everywhere (including a couple of mating balls):

 

 
Ophiuchus
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View other posts by Ophiuchus 		Posted: 02 Apr 2009
Awesome! shame the weather wasnt like that on the monday, still, 25 adders in one day is a record for me and also i learnt that the weather doesnt have to be that warm and sunny for snakes to be out, but it would have been great to see all those grassys, dont suppose you found the one with the bad eye?
As for the measurment, it is confuisng, it certainly looks bigger than 2 foot, i recon your measuring tape is dodgy!
I am going to make a seperate post about ways to measure snakes, my idea is pretty simple, string!

Ophiuchus *~*the serpent bearer*~*

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