We’re in Sweden at the moment, visiting family and the lovely wilderness. On a walk this afternoon, we stumbled across this adder warming itself in the sun. We first thought it had eaten a big meal but, following a query on the image below from a friend, the snake might be a pregnant female with a belly full of youngsters. I, firstly, had no idea when adders give birth and, secondly, that they actually give birth, to live young. A bit of googling revealed all and this adder might be expecting her new arrivals in August or September.

Hopefully, I’ll be going another post or two on our Swedish travels.