On Saturday in nice weather I explored an upland site for adders (Vipera berus) and I was disappointed to only find three males, although one was a very nice individual. There had been evidence of a lot of disturbance at this site which I don’t visit very often due to the amount of people who…

Saturday saw some sunshine and nice temperatures, so I saw my first adders (Vipera berus) of the year, several weeks later than usual. Five familiar males were making the most of the weather. At two different sites I saw a couple of common lizards (Zootoca vivipara) and a pair of Peregrine falcons (Falco perigrinus) taking…

I’ve just returned from a week in Tenerife in the Canary islands. Not a herping trip but an escape from the British Christmas madness but I still had lots of fun photographing the island’s endemic lizards Gallotia gallotia and Chalcides viridanus. Click here or the photo below to view the photo gallery. Many thanks to Wolfgang…

The journal herpetozoa is a peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to all aspects of herpetology in English and German which forms part of the Austrian Herpetological Society (OGH). It is regularly used for the most recent publication for anything concerning the Greek herpetofauna. Myself, Bo and Marie Stille visited the Ionian island of Paxos in May 2013 and…

As I have quite a bit of free time before going back to work in the coming weeks I decided to visit my local Adder (Vipera berus) site again. Some females were again showing well in a bid to develop their offspring through the weak sun rays. I saw 4 familiar females and what I…

Today I went out searching with David Nixon, first to an adder site where it was business as usual with eight females observed, six of which were clearly gravid. At a different site, two Little owls (Athene noctua), an adult and a fledgling were showing well as were a family of Sparrowhawks (Accipter nisus) in…

I’ve spent the past 12 days helping my biologist friend Ilias Strachinis (www.herpetofauna.gr) monitor some of the high mountains of Greece as well as doing DNA sampling on some species. This involved travelling large parts of the country and exploring some mountains previously never monitored for herpetofauna. This allowed me to see my first new…

The past month on the Cyclades islands has been fantastic, I spent time on Ios, Sikinos, Milos and Santorini, each chapter of the trip with different people, some herping friends and some friends from home, which made a perfect combination of relaxing and herping over a four week period. The weather was very hot as…

Had a great time in Corfu and found most of the species on the island despite variable weather conditions. Click the image below for the photos. Sadly the fate of some of Corfu’s few remaining untouched areas are now the subject of a national development scheme in Greece which will have an inevitable and highly…

Here it is, a report from another great trip to Greece. Really hope you like it, I can’ t wait to go back already. Click here or on the image below to read it.