🗓 Today (16th July) is World Snake Day! What’s World Snake Day? From Advocates for Snake Preservation:
“An opportunity to celebrate snakes and raise awareness about their preservation. While snakes are threatened by many of the same issues that affect all wildlife (habitat loss, climate change, and disease), negative attitudes toward snakes may be the biggest barrier to their preservation because it often impedes efforts to address other threats.
We encourage everyone to use this day to share positive stories about snakes with their friends and families. Need some inspiration? We’ve got you covered…” – read more here ⬅️
📸 Though it’s not the best photo, the Featured Photo above this post is from the only time I encountered an adder in the wild – I feel really lucky to have had this experience & so I treasure this memory ☺️ Here are a couple more I managed to take of the same snake when it stopped to look at us before slithering away ⬇️
ℹ️ You can can learn more about adders in Scotland, which are our only venomous snakes & a Protected species, through:
- The Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Nature Scot
- The Southern Upland Way (The presenter unfortunately confuses poisonous with venomous, but otherwise it’s a good video as he’s so positive about adders & you can see some nice shots of The Southern Upland Way)
🐍 As you may know from this blog, in Scotland we have some interesting folklore relating to adders, but feel free to have a read if you missed it & you’re interested: here 🐍
📸 Featured Photo credit: Me, Lochgilphead
Scottish history, archaeology, folklore & more~ 