Tunnels aim to encourage British #snakes to mix and breed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/adder-girl-tunnels-aim-to-encourage-british-snakes-to-mix-and-breed

"The tunnels opened for snakes this spring after radio-tagging studies showed two #adder populations on the commons were not mixing because of the road. The populations need to meet each other to breed and boost their genetic diversity... #Britain’s only #venomous snake has vanished from central #England over the last decade because of persecution, #HabitatFragmentation and non-native #pheasants predation"