{"id":491510,"date":"2026-03-23T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491510\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:37:09","slug":"venomous-adder-snake-spotted-in-hampshire-county-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491510\/","title":{"rendered":"Venomous adder snake spotted in Hampshire county park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The adder, which is the UK&#8217;s only venomous snake, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25952560.venomous-snake-spotted-lee-on-the-solent-park\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">photographed by a member of the public<\/a> next to a path in Alver Valley Country Park in Lee-on-the-Solent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Adders usually hibernate between October and March so sightings will become more common as the weather continues to improve.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The adder is the UKs only venomous snake (Image: Little Paws Pet Services)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They can be easily identified due to their dark and very distinct zig-zag markings.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Hampshire Wildlife Trust states the adder is a small and stocky snake that prefers woodland, heathland and moorland habitats.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  NHS advice states that most snake bites in the UK are &#8220;not serious&#8221; but say it&#8217;s important to get all snake bites checked as soon as possible.\n<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\n  Call 999 or go to A&amp;E immediately if you think you, or someone else, has been bitten by a snake.\n<\/p>\n<p>\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&#8217;s only venomous snake, was photographed by a member of the public next&hellip;\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-491510","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\/491510","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=491510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491510\/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=491510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}