\n The adder, which is the UK’s only venomous snake, was photographed by a member of the public next to a path in Alver Valley Country Park in Lee-on-the-Solent.\n<\/p>\n
\n Adders usually hibernate between October and March so sightings will become more common as the weather continues to improve.\n<\/p>\n
\n The adder is the UKs only venomous snake (Image: Little Paws Pet Services)\n<\/p>\n
\n They can be easily identified due to their dark and very distinct zig-zag markings.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hampshire Wildlife Trust states the adder is a small and stocky snake that prefers woodland, heathland and moorland habitats.\n<\/p>\n
\n NHS advice states that most snake bites in the UK are “not serious” but say it’s important to get all snake bites checked as soon as possible.\n<\/p>\n
\n The adder is the only poisonous (venomous) snake, but you should get all snake bites checked as soon as possible, the NHS says.\n<\/p>\n
\n Call 999 or go to A&E immediately if you think you, or someone else, has been bitten by a snake.\n<\/p>\n
\n Do not try to suck or cut the poison (venom) out of the bite, and try to remember the colour and pattern of the snake to tell the doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The adder, which is the UK’s only venomous snake, was photographed by a member of the public next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-490578","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\/490578","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=490578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}