{"id":443972,"date":"2026-02-25T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443972\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T01:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:51:07","slug":"adders-leaving-hibernation-as-temperatures-rise-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443972\/","title":{"rendered":"Adders leaving hibernation as temperatures rise in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  And due to the milder conditions, snakes are starting to slither out of hibernation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Snakes usually emerge in March or April when temperatures sit between 10C and 15C.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Adders are venomous but their bites are not usually fatal (Image: Julie Smart)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The only venomous snake that can be found in Norfolk is an adder and keen wildlife photographer Julie Smart captured several images of a group sunbathing on the grass in Pott Row, near King&#8217;s Lynn, on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Adders are often found in heathlands, dry commons and sunny woodland clearings.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They are shy creatures, but attacks can happen if they are provoked.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Even though their bite is rarely fatal, immediate medical attention should be sought.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Temperatures are forecast to rise to 16C this week (Image: Julie Smart)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Symptoms can include dizziness, vomiting and swelling.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Last year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25049818.dog-dies-bitten-adder-thetford-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dog died after being bitten by an adder<\/a> in Thetford Forest despite an emergency vet visit.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Male adders can be identified by a zig-zag pattern along their black body whereas females are browner in colour and larger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And due to the milder conditions, snakes are starting to slither out of hibernation. Snakes usually emerge in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-443972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}