The conservation volunteers and rangers are carrying out surveys on adders at the Country Park. Looking at the individual animals the Rangers are now marking individuals to help study their movements through the park and especially along woodland rides.
A refreshing view on the importance of adders to the ecology of woodland can be found at the Country Park. When the first reptile walks were undertaken in the 1990's there were less than a handful of people now the reptile walks are over subscribed and many people want to come and learn about adders and other reptiles.
The public are more involved through the paint marking of animals in a small area of the park - people can recognise particular adders due to the paint spot on their tail.
Over 8 years of observations have been collected from the park's adders and more is being learnt about the movements and habits of individual snakes.
Watch this space for more details on the adder at QECP.......
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