This picture demonstrates the ease in which an Adder can hide in grass, making it all too easy to step on when out in the hills. The adder is in the centre of the picture. It was taken on the flanks of Ben Alisky in the Caithness Flow Country.
Uploaded to Geograph by Paul Simonite on 24 May 2008
Photo © Paul Simonite, 24 May 2008. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence