Bowland Ecology staff have been brushing up their reptile survey skills by monitoring a local reptile hotspot in the Forest of Bowland AONB. The monitoring site is ideal for lunchtime trips to see adders emerging from hibernation and basking in the shelter of bracken. Common lizard and slow worm have also been seen at the site. Accurate field identification skills are essential for delivering professional ecological work; we’re fortunate in being able to practice our id skills in the local area! A recently sloughed adder with distinctive head markings was photographed in Bowland on 12.4.10:
Sightings of a juvenile adder and slow worm in Bowland on 15.4.10:
