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Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:04 pm

Füssen is a city in southwest Bavaria and very famous in the world for the Castle Neuschwanstein of King Ludwig II.
Millions of Tourists visit this place every year.
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But the Castle was not reason for me to visit this area.
I Have still holidays (till the End of the Week) and was with a friend in the Füssen area to look for Salamandra atra.
We found a few under rotten woods and Stones. They are very hard to picture, they will never stand still, running all the time!
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I found also two Mesotrition alpestris.
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On the way back to the car I found a young (last year) Baby Vipera berus.
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Just 10 Meters away from the first I found a second!!!
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On the Way home we made a break at the Lake where I pictured the Vipera berus the past days and I caught a black Natrix natrix. Not the best black, but a nice one.
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We also saw one Lacerta agilis, a few Zootoca vivipara and three Anguis fragilis during that trip.
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Re: Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Wolfram Schurig » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:38 pm

Jürgen!

...you really have THE eye for snakes! Or I live in the wrong region....
Just amazing pics!

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Re: Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Grégoire Meier » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:47 am

Nice pics!
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Re: Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Ilian Velikov » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:45 am

Very,very good photos and nice finds for just a couple of hours! The place must be great!
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Re: Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Thomas Bader » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:05 pm

Dear Jürgen!

Is this lake in the surroundings of the castle or farther away? I am from the area (Reutte) and I know the places and also the adjacent lakes very well. In Füssen I know Vipera berus only from some moors. If you come the next time you should visit the B. calamita places as well.

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Re: Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:03 pm

The Lake where I found the berus last weekend and the black natrix is alomst 45 Minutes north of Füssen.

I have a population of B. calamita in front of my door!!!
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Re: Füssen and THE Lake

Postby Andreas Thorbeck » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:05 pm

Juergen:

Again: Nice animals and great pics! Black is beautiful, but the little Berus is best!

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