Kevyn Burns Photography

Vipera berus - This photograph was taken on the outskirts of Chesterfield, close to the Peak District National Park boundary. I had spent the best part of two hours looking for snakes with no joy. I checked one last south facing bank and stumbled across not one adder, but nine! Very carefully placing my feet so as not to stand on any of these venomous reptiles, I set up my tripod and used my 500mm lens to ensure neither the adders nor me were stressed by proximity to each other!

Location: Ramsley Moor, near Chesterfield, Peak District, Derbyshire, England.