Herping in Central Finland !
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:43 am
During the first half of July i visited Finland .
I asked to a forum - mate- Marttin- ,if he could help me finding any adder in his country and he accepted .
We herped one afternoon and one morning , with not really chances of finding anything because the temperatures were about 30º and with a very dry weather
The first day , we went to the herping site at...20:00 more or less , little sun , but 28ºc and altough we were literally eaten by mosquitos , Marttin was able to find 3 adders , 2 males , and another one that scaped.
The next morning , in the same area , we found a big female basking , surely gravid ,a shed , and many zootocas , later , Marttin´s friend - Roel - another forum mate , saw another one at a different spot in the top of a little hill but it was hidding and he was not able to catch it.
We also tried to find slow worms , but central finland is the limit of the distribution for this species and we were unlucky.
I really enjoyed my time in Finland ,really nice people (Marttin and friends) , awesome landscapes and lots of thing to do !
I am sorry for the picture quality but here are some pictures of the Finnish Adders:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65932895@N07/
Best Regards
Borja
I asked to a forum - mate- Marttin- ,if he could help me finding any adder in his country and he accepted .
We herped one afternoon and one morning , with not really chances of finding anything because the temperatures were about 30º and with a very dry weather
The first day , we went to the herping site at...20:00 more or less , little sun , but 28ºc and altough we were literally eaten by mosquitos , Marttin was able to find 3 adders , 2 males , and another one that scaped.
The next morning , in the same area , we found a big female basking , surely gravid ,a shed , and many zootocas , later , Marttin´s friend - Roel - another forum mate , saw another one at a different spot in the top of a little hill but it was hidding and he was not able to catch it.
We also tried to find slow worms , but central finland is the limit of the distribution for this species and we were unlucky.
I really enjoyed my time in Finland ,really nice people (Marttin and friends) , awesome landscapes and lots of thing to do !
I am sorry for the picture quality but here are some pictures of the Finnish Adders:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65932895@N07/
Best Regards
Borja