Adder (Vipera berus L.), West Sussex

Six (of seven) adder seen this morning on the chalk grassland of West Sussex.

The snakes weren't the only animals enjoying the bright sunshine and relative warmth of this spring morning. Plenty of bumblebees were about and brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), peacock (Aglais io) and comma (Polygonia c-album) butterflies were also seen.

A return to Old Winchester Hill

Vanessa cardui



Autographa gamma



Lysandra coridon



Polyomattus icarus



Colias croceus (record shot only)



Gonepteryx rhamni



Thymelicus sylvestris

Coccinella 7-punctata

Magdalen Hill Down, Winchester, Hampshire