A lovely walk in the sunshine with the humans....

but like mum I decided to keep away from the hedgerow and we left dad to do Adder spotting!

  and sure enough he soon found one...and took some pics

This is the Third one we have

found so far this year

and it's only

MARCH!

Spot the adder picture

Even with the days getting shorter and the temperatures getting colder (I should know, I have heard mum and dad discussing getting my winter coat out)!!!   On days when there is a little sunshine, I still have to watch out for these...

Since we have been on the subject...

and final post on this subject...for now,

here's a female adder (they are brown) crossing the path on one of our walks...photo taken last August

and here's a male (they are black and silver)

 

adders move pretty fast...

!

 

And then there were two...

dad saw two adders today and managed to get a picture before they slithered off...

Don't worry

I stayed well away!

Answer to where that adder is...

and a closer look..

Sneaky little critters aren't they!

When I was a little chap of 6 months old one of these bit me!   Mind you it wasn't large like the one in the photo, it was only a baby itself.   I was on a lead at the time and the baby adder was on a piece of grass (not even disguised)...of course me being me, I thought it was a stick and picked it up....Oouch Painful Stick.    Within 10 minutes mum and dad realised it had got me, my mouth started to swell up and they could see the two puncture wounds...Straight onto the Vet and I was in with them on anti-venom within an hour of this happening.    Some dogs aren't as lucky as me, and don't make it.  For that reason there are a lot of signs up in this particular area to give owners plenty of warning to Look Out for Adders.

We have come across people who have only ever seen a couple in years of living here, but perhaps they don't know where to look.   Dad spotted this one, but then he is very good at finding a snake in the grass!

I've got mum to look out a couple of articles about them -

One here    and  the other  Here

   

Spot the Adder

It is there...believe me