Venomous Snakes (Adders) in London in WINTER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
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During the first warm and sunny days of the year, male adders emerge en-masse to bask in the sunlight and prepare for the mating season. We visit one of the last remaining sites for these fascinating animals in London. After first being somewhat unlucky, we were really in for a treat.
Thanks to Cassandre, Harry and Ben for help filming and finding.
I know this video has now been around for a while, but having just watched it again, and it made me smile even more this time round, I do love watching these videos about wildlife we have here in the U.K. so thank you for doing it👍
You are so fortunate to spot these amazing snakes so often. I’ve only ever seen a dead Adder when I was on Woodbury common, 30 odd years ago.
Being in Surrey this weekend though, and close to some beautiful Commons, I think I’ll go out for a bimble and you never know, I might be lucky enough to get a glimpse of one🙏
This is Hounslow Heath. Walk it everyday with my dogs. In fact today I saw another one of these beauties
Are they quite common in Hounslow Heath?
An excellent video, I'm twice the age of you guys and have yet to see an adder ever. I really need to up my game!
Yes. I once saw 10 in one day.
They move so smoothly. Wow!
Metal sheets/metal bin lids sprayed black heat up really quick, the snakes hide underneath them, and they love them.
I fished a lot as a kid and as a teenager I used to walk miles through fields and over farmers gates, you name it, I walked through it all lol. Just thinking about how far I walked to lakes and rivers and ponds etc, plus the amount of gear id carry doing it, makes my back hurt and I feel sick, god knows how I used to do it lol. Anyway I used to see so many grass snakes and some were massive actually, I was lucky enough to handle quite a few by catching them in my large carp net but only shortly and then I let them go but I also saw many adders, I was not to bothered about them at the time and used to glance at them basking, perhaps a few seconds as some were very pretty to look at and of course I saw them far less than grass snakes and newts etc, but then id walk on as my mind was only zoned in to fishing. I wish I could see them now as id have such a higher appreciation and admiration of having the chances to see such beautiful things
My favorite reptile for 20 years
Belated birthday greetings. Great video. Inspiring as always and enthusiasm is contagious
Thank you my friend.
was expecting to see adders climbing up the lions in Trafalgar square
lol 😂
beautiful snakes. Great video
They are cool little snakes
happy birthday, amazing to see so many melanistic individuals!
Happy birthday, I often go to the New Forest, prime adder habitat ,but never been as lucky as you guys.
I saw a nice melanistic one there a few years back, but yes, those vast heathlands are much harder sites to look for adders than where we are in this video.
Great filming
Happy birthday. Hopefully we both have a good year of snakes
Cant wait to see some more adder vids this year !!!! Ps: happy birthday
Thank you man, got lots of filming trips planned, just need the weather.
Happy birthday, mate.
Oh wow you can see snakes that soon in the UK? Awesome ^_^
Happy birthday been here since 54 subs can’t wait to see your channel grow
I found one around March this year and it was most likely just out of hibernation as I managed to catch it and free handle it, I used a stick to grab it but then it was so chilled and just so placid.
What a fantastic birthday present, great film.
Happy birthday man. I love Euro vipers and hope to see some some day. Snakes should start coming out here in the Midwest United States very soon.
Adders this early in the year? That's mad man, been keeping an eye out here in Wales but nothing so far
adders were photographed during warm days in both December and January this year, late feb is normal for emergence
Saw a black morph in Birmingham yesterday. Scrubland in industrial area next to railway embankment close to city centre
Great footage, well done.
My birthday also! No wonder we share an interest in reptiles!
February seems a bit early for snakes but perhaps in a large conurbation it is a few degrees milder than in open countryside.
My b'day too
Good stuff, I haven't been there for a while, so nice to see this.
Which area are you referring to?
Whereabouts was this? Is there a best specific location and time of year to spot them within Greater London?
...Is it Hounslow Heath?
No
Yeah is Hounslow heath
Wow....i have never seen one. Im amazed.
Happy birthday
Late Feb, even in snow is normal emergence time in Scotland
In Feb. Wow. That's crazy!
hissssss!!!!!!
Happy Birthday
Love god is an astronaut. You got good taste, kid
Happy Birthday!!
Very belated happy birthday!
where in London is it ?
Great video. Are they out in August or is it too late in the year?
According to a study in Scandinavia, the black adders have a venom 3x stronger than a normal adder.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉!
happy bday bruv
Great Vid Boss 🔥
Thanks boss. I hope to come stay at your place this spring or definitely summer, last time was so good.
I also found a black Adder on my birthday! (In Dover). Would love to know where to find in London but I bet thats a secret...
Hounslow Heath
Trent Park London
They are hard to see .
Vipers family
Is this the Puff-Adder?
No. Puff adders are in savanna areas of Africa and western Arabia. They are responsible for more deaths than any other African snake. If you are bitten by an adder in England you should definitely seek medical attention but deaths are very rare.
Probably this isn’t industrial melanism at all.
Great video. Please be careful about giving location away as not everybody has you good intentions. Whats your estimate on the number of adders in that area. As you well know there are quite a few island population ie small populations that are interbreeding with each other and ending up with weak bloodlines.
Thanks, but I don’t think I gave any locations away in this video
I cringed when I saw a magazine advert for an expensive car with the exact geo location of one of NZs rarest geckos once.
Scientists were publishing the exact coordinates down to pretty much the tree that they photographed it in (or on)
Having said that they are now identifying overseas illegally collected smuggled geckos with distinctive patterns from field documented hi res digital photo pattern databases. People were previously claiming they had bred them, when it was almost certainly not the case, although some have been bred legally from v.long held Zoo stock.
I didn't know there were snakes in England. I thought it was too cold for snakes.
Canada here. We have many types of snakes including three species of rattlesnake.
Nooooo! Adders are the most northerly found snakes. They don't lay eggs and have live young.
I had no idea there were this many venomous snakes in the wilds of England. So how dangerous is it to tramp about the fields?
Sightings of These creatures are extremely rare due to their evasive nature of being timid and shy so it’s almost completely safe
@@raregrimebeats1352 That’s good news for you.
As far as adders are concerned, pretty safe. But look where you are putting your feet. They'll disappear rather than confront a person. They don't want any beef. But dogs are at risk because they don't understand that. And remember, we do also have big cats in the uk!
@@S.TradesI think that’s the same thing with most, if not all, rattlesnakes encountered in the Arizona desert where I live. Ours, too, have that handy ‘early warning system’ of rattling!
Please tell me of an adder that is not venomous? 😂
Ladder and bladder
My Great Grandfather died from an adder bite in 1906
Rip 😢
How old was he? Dying from adder bite, is rare.
He was 49yrs old.
Happy birthday july 1st 2024
cant stand snakes,
More people die of bee stings than adder bites. They are simply not that venomous.
Camera work not up to reasonable standard, not worth watching.
I was bitten by king cobra 🐍
Let's hope they prefer the non English/British.
Happy birthday
Happy birthday