Smooth snake neonate

After the mini heatwave, the Dorset reptiles came to life and It was wonderful to spot this newborn Smooth snake. Normally they are very well hidden, and I have to scan small areas with binoculars to spot them. There was an adult a few feet away, but basking safely under the dead gorse and bracken and barely visible, I'm presuming a female and possibly the Mother of this one. Despite looking closely, we could only see the one, but I'm sure there would be others nearby. Spotted some freshly born adders a few metres away, one just sloughing it's skin with the afterbirth nearby. Photographed in situ and left undisturbed and as found.

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