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The Adder is found in many different habitats and is found throughout England,
Scotland and Wales. Heathlands, moors, chalk downland, woodland rides and
borders are all favoured by this snake. It can also be found in coastal dunes,
cliff-tops, on rough commons, overgrown quarries, field edges and railway
embankments. They seem to require undisturbed sunny places usually near some
thick cover.
It will occasionally venture into gardens. If you want
to learn more about reptiles in gardens click here
to see a useful guide produced by English Nature.
The Adder is patchily distributed in Britain, although in some places it is
fairly abundant. It is absent from large parts of the country and rare in
others.
Click here for a distribution map of the species that can be found on the National
Biodiversity Network (NBN) site . For
information on the NBN and access to other data
visit the NBN website at
www.nbn.org.uk
Studies have shown that the species is likely to be declining over much of its
range in Britain.
Click here to see a recent report published by English Nature on the Status of
the adder and slow-worm in England. Another English Nature paper of
interest addresses the
status of the Adder in Greater London, an area where
it was once common but is now rare and threatened.
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