CGO Ecology News...
- Ecological reports needed for all planning applications
- New DARN Facebook group and website
- Southwest England Regional ARG Conference 2010
- DEKAMER turtle project looking for donors
- Early success for Devon smooth snake reintroduction
- Devon reptiles on the move
- Another new employee at CGO Ecology
- New home for Elizabethan garden slow-worms
- "Silent Summer - the State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland"
- New employee at CGO Ecology
- Current CGO Ecology projects
- Amphibian disease concerns continue
- Reptile refugia deployed on Spur Road
- Spring season begins for CGO Ecology
- Reptile exclusion fencing on the A338
- CGO Ecology winter programme
- A338 Spur Road works continue
- BHS & ARC Joint Scientific Meeting
- A338 mitigation under way
- September reptile training
- Herp charities merge
- Dorset herp group relaunched
- Bespoke training available
- Reptile survey training, 8th June
- Spur Road reptile survey
- CGO Ecology filling its 2009 calendar
- Survey volunteers needed!
News
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Early success for Devon smooth snake reintroduction |
Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:05 |
| Britain's rarest reptile, the smooth snake, is only found in a handful of southern English counties. Heathland loss during the 20th century has seen them disappear from whole counties such as Devon. However, a project coordinated by Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) has been reintroducing smooth snakes to a heathland nature reserve in Devon. The first snakes were released in 2009, and early monitoring results show that animals have successfully hibernated and re-emerged this spring. Nick Moulton from ARC said this was very encouraging, particularly after such a hard winter. Further releases are taking place today to bolster the population. You can see a BBC report with footage of the snakes being released here. |
