14 April 2010
14/04-2010 - Odsherred Denmark (visiting the coastline and a local forrest)
I was a little late out this day, I started at the location 12:00pm. The weather was really nice and sunny and the wind was calm and pleasant. After 15 min. of search, the area seemed a little abandoned, but I saw Lacerta agilis everywhere. When the first half hour had passed I spotted the first Natrix natrix, after that point my sightings of reptiles just increased as the minutes past. I had committed myself to a single man's journey, but after approx. 1.5 hours in the field, I met C. Nielsen. He is one of my old friends. So we chose to team up together. We saw a great deal of herps, 6 out of Denmark’s 20 species where found. Especially N. natrix matings and berus offspring from last year was the day's highlights.
I spend of 2-3 hours in the field that day. When we got home we went into the woods with C. Nielsen's dog - in a small local pond we found Newt and Common Frog. (We saw to Rana temporaria’s in amplexius). So it was a beautiful day in the sun.
We found:
13-15 Natrix natrix, (approximately).
5-6 Vipera berus, adults, (approximately).
2 Vipera berus, juveniles
13 Lacerta, (approximately).
3-4 Lissotritoron vulgaris, (approximately).
3 Rana temporaria
1 Anguis fragilis
Natrix natrix, grass snakes:
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix - mating | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix - mating | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natrix natrix - mating | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus, European common adders:
Vipera berus juvenile - size ratio | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus juvenile | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus juvenile | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus juvenile | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Vipera berus | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, sand lizards:
Lacerta agilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lacerta agilis, female | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Anguis fragilis, slow-worms:
Anguis fragilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Anguis fragilis, female | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Anguis fragilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Anguis fragilis, male | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Amphibia; frogs, toads, salamanders and newts:
Rana temporaria in amplexius | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Rana temporaria breeding cyclus | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lissotriton vulgaris | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lissotriton vulgaris | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lissotriton vulgaris | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Lissotriton vulgaris | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
The nature:
Natural habitat | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natural habitat | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natural habitat | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natural habitat | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Natural habitat, on photo: Christian Nielsen & Ace | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
During our search for herps I found a big lump of tape - a potential snake killer! | © Mikkel Frederiksen 2010
Responces:
Fieldherping.eu: http://fieldherping.eu/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=373&sid=f6244ab2ab496085d82664da9560905d
NHF: http://www.nhf.dk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=37705
Snakeforum: http://www.designer-reptiles.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4679&sid=0f0f4c69987175d6f0f0c6c3010caadb
Fieldherping.eu: http://fieldherping.eu/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=373&sid=f6244ab2ab496085d82664da9560905d
NHF: http://www.nhf.dk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=37705
Snakeforum: http://www.designer-reptiles.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4679&sid=0f0f4c69987175d6f0f0c6c3010caadb