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Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 25 Feb 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral Should update I have heard from Chris and he has been most helpful including to meet up with me at some point when he is doing a survey Thanks for pointing me in his direction - much appreciated

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 25 Feb 2008 Topic: Yateley Adder [QUOTE=GemmaJF]Fantastic piccy, it really captures an adder lying out in the spring well, all those who want to see adders but haven't had a lot of luck, that is what you are looking for and often from 6ft away you wouldn't spot it. Looks to me to be a pre-moult male [/QUOTE] When the Males are that colour is there any way of telling them apart from the female other than their size ? What makes you say you think that is a male ? Many thanks

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 31 Jan 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral [QUOTE=Alex2] [QUOTE=james4]is anybody from here,do you know any good sites of these areas,not just for vipera berus but all of our reptiles.cheers. [/QUOTE] Hi James, I think it's against forum policy to give out specific locations (for obvious reasons), did you have any luck with your local ARG?. Cheers, Alex. [/QUOTE] For obvious reasons ? I'm clearly a bit slow I imagine it's in case the person reading is interested in harming Adders ? or is there another reason. I also would love to see an adder in the wild (be quite nice to see any snake in the wild really - but an adder would be great). I am in the Northern Part of Greater Manchester - would anyone be happy to give a general pointer/area and pref PM me with more specifics and also give any hints on best times of year/day and other tips for maximising chances of seeing one. I believe some parts of Derbyshire have populations - that's be great as it is such a lovely area too. I also like the idea of Photographing one but being a class 1 wimp wonder how close you can get to one before it gets a tad irritated ? Is it easy enough to get close enough to get the adder filling a reasonable amount of the frame ? Thanks in advance to all and what a great site Thanks Judderman

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 02 Feb 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral [QUOTE=herpetologic2] Hi Judderman I suggest you contact Chris Monk at Derbyshire ARG or David Orchard at the ARG of South Lancasshire (+Greater Manchester) Derbyshire Chris Monk, Derbyshire Amphibian & Reptile Group, Hilburn, Chapel Lane, Middleton, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 4NF , 01629 823136/01629 580000, chris.monkderbyshire.gov.uk Lancashire and Greater Manchester* David Orchard, Amphibian and Reptile Group of South Lancashire, 106 Thicketford Road, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 2LU, argsl*btinternet.com I would suggest you link up with these guys as they can show you the sites etc check out www.arguk.org aswell [/QUOTE] Thanks for that when you say they could show me do you mean as in accompany me and take me there ? Anyone any comments/feedback on my other questions re time of year/day, tips on photographing them and anything else I asked ? Thanks in advance and thanks again for the reply thus far J Judderman6239480.2059606481

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 02 Feb 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral Is that what passes as a helpful reply in your book ?

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 03 Feb 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral Awww thanks for that Suzi Much appreciated

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 03 Feb 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral Thank you to you too

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 05 Feb 2008 Topic: north west & Wirral [QUOTE=herpetologic2] Hi Judderman I suggest you contact Chris Monk at Derbyshire ARG or David Orchard at the ARG of South Lancasshire (+Greater Manchester) Derbyshire Chris Monk, Derbyshire Amphibian & Reptile Group, Hilburn, Chapel Lane, Middleton, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 4NF , 01629 823136/01629 580000, chris.monkderbyshire.gov.uk Lancashire and Greater Manchester* David Orchard, Amphibian and Reptile Group of South Lancashire, 106 Thicketford Road, Tonge Moor, Bolton, BL2 2LU, argsl*btinternet.com I would suggest you link up with these guys as they can show you the sites etc check out www.arguk.org aswell J [/QUOTE] I emailed Chris Monk 48 hours ago and not heard a thing from him Maybe he's just away / on hols or somesuch Might try the other chappy if I hear nothing in a few days Thanks again j

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 04 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Well last year it didn't happen as my father passed away in March and so I was somewhat busy grieving and dealing with all the aftermath one has to when a family member passes away. However last Sunday 29 March I did meet up with Chris and we saw 10 adders I was very, very happy - been so very much wanting to see some since beginning of 2008 and so was fantastic to at least achieve it last week. Many thanks to Chris for meeting up with me and showing me around - very much appreciated. Here's one of the pictures I took

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 05 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Thanks Tim. Yes it certainly is quite an amazing feeling. King Cobra next I think ..... ehmmmm OK maybe not

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 08 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Thanks Tony. It was quite an amazing feeling to achieve it at last and just to see these beautiful creatures in the wild. I had wondered whether I might want to go again some time and am certainly open to the idea so if you get in touch with Chris drop me aline and I may well be up for tagging along.

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 09 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Hi Suzi Sadly not - even by the time we got to the last one(s) we saw and Chris was spotting them form 15-20 feet away I still had to ask 3/4 times "Where" lol - their camouflage is clearly too god for me to spot 'em . Judderman6239912.7854398148

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 09 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Hey if you guys end up anywhere near where I went I may well be interested in joining you if I may ? Was it somehow apt that my journey to get to derbyshire was along the Snake Pass ?

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 11 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Well in fairness Suzi it's their good camouflage that helps keep them safe - so that's fine with me Lol. I was amazed though at Chris spotting them so quickly and seemingly easily.

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 11 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral you n Chris must have super vision Lol Oh if anyone is interested here's a link to see all the pics I took: here's a link to my pics - 23 pics in all: http://a05-b05.mypicturetown.com/P2PwebCmdController/pictureBank/share.html?x=nm.Ejco5xUABFIXzY%252AqqUTrTSsxzjjZDkZn%253Dlw52MxCGDTtyVpQ--jik3yfU0Sj3a%2526gCR9drwsfhy59NPsZWV69TdR3lZnKlK%2525Hx3xDkTrcx1mQ Best effect is to select the slide show, set interval time to 4 or 5 seconds, once it starts hiy f11 on your keyboard and then towards bottom right there are two overlapping boxes - click on the larger one and you should get full screen with nice big pics - give it a whirl. Let me know what you think.

Judderman62 Member Joined: 31 Jan 2008 No. of posts: 16 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 12 Apr 2009 Topic: north west & Wirral Thanks Tony. Well Chris was psotting them from ngles where they were behind cover - it's only when I moved several feet in one direction that they were so clearly visible lol ... y eyesight isn't quite that bad ha ha

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