(01) "Sweet Dreams" [March 2004].       GSD 14 months of age 'Zola' asleep in the warmth of Spring sunshine.

(02)Adder [Vipera berus]. Our only poisonous snake usually just over half a metre in length when fully grown, and occasionally approaching one metre, the female generally being broader and longer. The colour is variable but the male tends towards pale grey with black markings, whilst the females and the young are browner.       ..... Click on  » footnote  to continue with these notes.

(03)Adder [Vipera berus]. A basking female adder had been keeping a wary eye on the strange encroacher. Somewhat perturbed, she eventually moved off at a considerable rate, enabling me to assess her length as close to thirty inches.