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Saturday, 10 July 2021

Snakes making more snakes

At the end of April there was a lot of snake activity in Maridalen. Both Adders (hoggorm) and Grass Snakes (buorm) were gathered in the same area for mating. I witnessed Adders mating for the first time after previously having seen courtship but the Grass Snakes were still in the courtship stage which didn’t seem to be quite as exciting as with Adders.

Adders mating. The female is the browner snake

here we see in more detail the males penis entering (and expanding inside) the female











male Adder



female Adder

male Adder approaching a male and female Grass Snake


all three together. The larger body of the female Grass Snake is easy to see


male Grass Snake



male Grass Snake following female



Two male Grass Snakes following a female

male on top of female but this was still part of courtship stage


male Adder

female Adder






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