Fatal Attraction

From a human point of view close contact with a pair of Adders may prove fatal but from the male adders point of view he may spend days courting a female.The male in this weeks blog photo approached the female for several days before they got together under a protective stone. He had already fought off an intruding male and it was this action that I was waiting for. In the wildlife world there are few people in Lancashire who have witnessed and filmed the dance or fight of two male Adders and that is now off my bucket list!!