Make the Adder Count 

Welcome to the Make the Adder Count Survey 2012. This project was originally devised at trying to detect population status of adders at local, regional and national levels. It has been demonstrated that the survey can be used to find new adder sites, detect changes in distribution, help to plan habitat management to benefit adders and local wildlife. A re cap report of the previous years survey results will be posted here very soon along with the previous updates from the project.

Check out Duncan Sweeting and the Wildlife Whisperer's Video on Spotting adders in Suffolk

MTAC is part of the National Amphibian & Reptile Recording Scheme (NARRS). You can download the MTAC forms for 2012 from this page

 Make the Adder Count 2012 Form

 Make the Adder Count 2012 Form

Survey notes and information can be downloaded also from here

 Make the Adder Count 2012 Notes

 Make the Adder Count 2012 Notes 

This year the MTAC survey was taken to the South East & South West Regional Meeting and as a workshop at the Herpetofauna Workers' meeting this year. The presentations will also be added to this page for people's information. We have put together an online recording form for this project and this can be found at www.maketheaddercount.org

The development of the recording system is very much a welcome step towards the modern way of collecting and collating data. ARG UK have developed what is called the Record Pool which enables anyone to submit data on sightings of amphibians and reptiles in the UK. Either through the website or through Amphibian & Reptile Conservation's newly updated ID app for the iPhone/iPad HerptileId:

With generous help from the following is greatly appreciated and enables the relaunch of the MTAC survey this year 

Herpetologic Ltd

Amphibian & Reptile Conservation

Derbyshire Amphibian & Reptile Group

Amphibian & Reptile Groups of the UK (ARG UK) Panel