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Marbled white Melanargia galathea
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Today I spent an afternoon out with my wife checking a new site following a tip from a friend, it is a large pile of waste from old quarry workings in a local forest. I checked it out on the internet and it stated that Grass snakes and Adders were often seen basking on the slopes.We knew nothing about the layout of the site and so wandered around checking likely looking areas, our first interesting find was this Robins' pincushion, a gall produced by the Dog rose in reaction to eggs being laid in its' buds by the parasitic wasp Diplolepis rosae.
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On a bank with a mixture of felled trees,branches and clear areas I soon noticed this.
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Walking back from here I checked a deer trail to the side of the path and quickly spotted this Adder sunning itself after an obvious meal.
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On some of the fallen trees we noticed several Viviparous lizards Zootoca vivipara
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We then moved to an area behind the path where some gorse bushes had been cleared, it was a perfect location and we soon spotted a few Adders soaking up the afternoon sun.One of them saw us and disappeared but the other 2 gave us a few photo opportunites including another with a full belly.
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