Listed by Day, Individual, Photos and Grid Reference

2023

May

18th - 49(pic) 51(pic) (new male) 52(pic) (new female) TM04871956

13th - 49(pic) TM04871956

8th - 49(pic) 50(pic) (New male, courtship behaviour with 49) TM04871956

4th - 46(pic) TM04191952, 48(pic) TM05001968 (new male, freshly shed) 45(pic) 49(pic) (new female, unreceptive to courtship behaviour from 45. Note - 45 has travelled 677 metres since it was last seen on the heath seven days ago) TM04871956

April

30th - 46(pic) TM04191952

29th - 39(pic) 42(pic) (courtship behaviour) 46(pic) (Juvenile, very small, probably born end of summer) TM04191952, 47(pic) (new female) TM04832004

27th - 38(pic) (shed skin) 39 (pic) 42(pic) 45(pic) (new male basking alongside regular males, all freshly shed) TM04191952

25th - 38(pic) 39(pic) (shed its skin) TM04191952

22nd - 38 39(pic) 41(pic) 42(pic) 44(pic) (brief courtship behaviour with 41) TM04191952

21st - 38(pic) 39(pic) 44(pic) TM04191952

19th - 38(pic) 39(pic) 41(pic) 42(pic) 44(pic) (engaged in courtship behaviour with 41 for most of the day who was unreceptive once again. Also chased off 38 and 39, late in the day, before returning back to 41) TM04191952, 40(pic) TM05051937

18th - 38(pic) 39(pic) 44(pic) TM04191952

17th - 37(pic) (engaged in courtship behaviour with 42 then 41, females uninterested) 39(pic) 41(pic) 42(pic) new male 44(pic) (engaged in courtship behaviour with 41, unsucessfully) TM04191952. Only one adder seen on main reserve, TM05051939, head was covered by foliage so couldn’t ID.

13th - 37(pic) 38(pic) 39 (pic) 41(pic) 42(pic) TM04191952, 40(pic) TM05051937, 30(pic) 43(pic) TM05051939

11th - 37(pic) 38(pic) 39(pic) 41(pic) 42(pic) TM04191952, 40(pic) TM05051937, female(pic) TM05051939 need to see again for ID (update-now logged as 43)

9th - 37(pic) 38(pic)39(pic) plus a new female and male 41 42(pic) TM04191952, 30(pic) TM05051939 same female two males were fighting over last year

2nd - 37(pic) 38(pic) 39(pic) TM04191952, 40(pic) TM05051937

March

30th - 37(pic) TM05051937

27th - 37(pic) 38(pic) 39(pic) TM04191952, 40(pic) TM05051937

23rd - 37(pic) 38(pic) 39(pic) TM04191952, 40(pic) TM05051937

14th - 37(pic) 38(pic) 39(pic) TM04191952

12th - 9(pic) TM05011935, 28(pic) TM05051937, 37(pic) TM04191952

2nd - 28(pic) TM05051937

February

19th - 9(pic) TM05011935