Wild dangers in Britain: rutting deer, boar, birds, the shore and adders
40 min
A warm April morning on a heathland path. The sun has just reached a south-facing bank of dead bracken and heather, and you sit down on it for a drink. Something beside your hand moves: a thick, short snake, grey with a bold black zigzag down its back, lying flat to soak up the heat. It does not strike. It slides away into the heather. You were lucky, and so…
In this lesson
Deer in the rut and hidden young
Wild boar
Nesting birds: skuas, terns and swans
Coastal dangers: seals, weever fish and jellyfish
Adders
Snakebite first aid in the UK
Common mistakes
Check yourself
Key points
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