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Cornwall Project Will Examine How Roads, Rivers and Habitat Fragmentation Affect Adders

Female adder coiled in vegetation with head clearly visible
Conservation · Habitat protection

A new conservation project in Cornwall will examine how roads, rivers and fragmented habitat affect adder (Vipera berus) populations and their ability to move through the landscape. Froglife is leading the work with Natural England’s National Adder Project, Newcastle University, Bangor University and the Cornish Adder Project.

The project is part of Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme, which is supporting 130 projects across England, including ten focused on reptiles and amphibians. Froglife says the project details are still being finalised with Natural England.

Alongside the ecological work, the project will raise awareness of Cornwall’s native snakes and the importance of protecting both the animals and their habitat. Froglife announced the project on 3 August 2026 and plans to deliver the three new projects over the following three years.

Sources and image credit

  1. Smart, A. (2026, August 3). Froglife secures funding for three major wildlife conservation projects. Froglife.Primary first-hand conservation source. Froglife announced a Cornwall project with Natural England’s National Adder Project, Newcastle University, Bangor University and the Cornish Adder Project to examine how roads, rivers and fragmented habitats affect adder populations and movement through the landscape.

Image: Alastair Rae — female adder (Vipera berus) photographed in Surrey, England, 2 August 2009; originally posted to Flickr and available via Wikimedia Commons. Representative species photograph; this snake was not part of the Cornwall conservation project. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

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