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Adding Adders in County Durham

Agenda • Background • Vulnerability of adders • Connecting habitats • What have we got? • Aims • What others have done • What we have done and what we have learned from others

Background The Heart of Durham Project Aims to ; • Restore • Recreate • Reconnect

Connecting habitats

So what have we got? • We need to protect vulnerable species • Identify their habitats • Effectively survey

Our aims for Adding Adders In Adding the adders our specific aims are; • Update historical records • Establish current status and provide a baseline of population numbers • Assess potential of adder in breeding depression • To raise the profile of the adder

“Make the adder Count” “Make the Adder Count” • Identify hibernaculas • Count adult adders emergence in the spring • Weekly visits over six weeks

National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme

Adder Surveillance Value of trained volunteers Use of “best practice” survey methods Importance of surveying early in the year Follow up isolated sightings Listen and communicate A co-ordinated approach

Consultation with a consultant

Learning from others Wild Watch

Adding up the Skins and another great use for a Skoda

Adding time to reflect Photographs by Joe Ridley

Snakes and Ladders The Way forward

Adding up the Adders

Anne Porter Heart of Durham Assistant aporter@durhamwt.co.uk Low Barns 01388 488728