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Hi every buddy, just wanted to introduce myself
My name is Mikkel Frederiksen, I am 25 years old and I live in Nykøbing Sj. in Denmark. By the moment I am studying to be an engineering/electrician - but I have done a lot of different stuff so far, I have also worked as an zookeeper a couple of years. I normally use the most of my spare time on my hobbies, especially field herpetology
In general I am mostly interested in snakes - both captive held species and local wild species. I don’t know why? But snakes have always been my favourite types of animals. I’ve been a captive keeper of many types of exotic reptiles for many years now. I have had many different species of reptiles during my time in the hobby; I got my first snake when I was nine years old. But even though, my hart will always stay with the wild living species. Unfortunately the varieties in Denmark are not that many - as you properly already know? But we have alot of local reptile-spots that I visit often - even though we only got two species of snakes they can be found in large numbers during the season and they are certainly not boring at all - due to the small amount of species.
My biggest interest with my hobby is to become a "decent" amateur photographer over the years (for my own personal amusement). I have a simple camera, (Nikon D60) But, I consider to by a better one. I don’t know much about photo-techniques, but I always try to develop myself and my equipment so I can capture some great photos of Danish reptiles & amphibians. I wouldn’t call myself a good photographer – not at all, I just love to do it! I have a lot of respect for local reptiles and I always try to look after my local snake spots as good as possible = removing garbage asf, telling people not to walk their dogs all over and try to educate the ignorant masses. Plainly I just love the local spots in my area which I have followed for years - and I wouldn’t trade them for any place in the world by any means.
In general I would like to compare knowledge between the countries in Europe. I am very keen to find out about the differences among Vipera Berus & Natrix Natrix within Europe - specially the time of hibernation asf. And I would also love to get some personal acquaintances so I can visit other countries in Europe for photo-herping reptiles and amphibians.
-> I hope I can gain a lot of knowledge from this forum - which existence I just discovered today.
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Contact information:
(If you want to talk to me about anything, just add my MSN: Xenophidia@hotmail.com)
I have a (very simple) website with some pictures of native reptiles, the site will be removed to a new location and with a new design soon, you can find it here: http://herp-spot.weebly.com (The site has not been updatet lately).
My Danish Field-herping group can be found here on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75482937308&ref=ts
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For the sake of good behaviour and personal knowledge- here is a picture of me, (with a Vipera Berus), just so you know how I look like - in the field
(I must admit i could not resist to pick it up, it was simply to beautiful - it's always great to find young speciments so you know the snakes are multiplying 
And here are some random photos of my most recent herping-trips
Natrix Natrix sliding right by me as i was laying in the vegetation.
Vipera Berus, "Black" - kind of rare in sealand, denmark - so it was a beautiful sight.
Lacerta agilis male on a rock.
Vipera Berus Juvenile.
Natrix natrix mating season - damn ** the snakes did not even notice me that week, but i kept a low profile anyway
Beautiful sight. 
More Natrix natrix mating season pictures, this picture is special - they where lying in a totaly open spot, allmost no vegetation and completely vulnerable.
More Natrix natrix mating season pictures.
Bufo bufo in my backyard.
Vipera berus
Lacerta agilis female
Thanks for taking time reading this introduction
, but all other pictures are great! 
