A Day at the Lake (Berus day)
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:50 pmI know this Lake very well, it is my hot spot for Bombina variegata and natrix natrix. From time to time I found there jet black natrix without any yellow markings.
There is not many public traffic on the east side of the lake, this is the place where I look for animals. Sometimes I go around, but found the most animals on the east side.
Most of the people are walking on the west and north side.
Last week a friend called me (Jürgen Zerbe, also a member of this forum) and said he found two Vipera berus on the north side.
After a cold Saturday, one of the coldest July day’s in my life, I went out to look for the vipera.
Normally I found one or two Lacerta agilis, one or two Zootaca vivipara, between ten and twenty Natrix natrix and one Anguis fragilis from time to time.
Today I found 17 Lacerta agilis, more than 30 Zootoca vivipara, 17 Natrix natrix and one Anguis fragilis.
Lacerta agilis
Zootoca vivipara
Natrix natrix
On the place my friend told me I found two Vipera berus.
Berus 1 gravid female
Berus 2
During picturing the snake suddenly I heard a noise in my back,
Ccccccccccchhhhhhhh, I turned around and saw a black vipera going away.
Made some pics of this and brought it back to the place where I caught it.
I looked around at this place and saw another black vipera disappearing!
I went back to the place where I found the first black and he was back!!
Before I leaved the lake area, I looked for the gravid female and she was again basking in the sun!!!!!
There is not many public traffic on the east side of the lake, this is the place where I look for animals. Sometimes I go around, but found the most animals on the east side.
Most of the people are walking on the west and north side.
Last week a friend called me (Jürgen Zerbe, also a member of this forum) and said he found two Vipera berus on the north side.
After a cold Saturday, one of the coldest July day’s in my life, I went out to look for the vipera.
Normally I found one or two Lacerta agilis, one or two Zootaca vivipara, between ten and twenty Natrix natrix and one Anguis fragilis from time to time.
Today I found 17 Lacerta agilis, more than 30 Zootoca vivipara, 17 Natrix natrix and one Anguis fragilis.
Lacerta agilis
Zootoca vivipara
Natrix natrix
On the place my friend told me I found two Vipera berus.
Berus 1 gravid female
Berus 2
During picturing the snake suddenly I heard a noise in my back,
Ccccccccccchhhhhhhh, I turned around and saw a black vipera going away.
Made some pics of this and brought it back to the place where I caught it.
I looked around at this place and saw another black vipera disappearing!
I went back to the place where I found the first black and he was back!!
Before I leaved the lake area, I looked for the gravid female and she was again basking in the sun!!!!!