Lintzgarth Fell

As part of the North Pennines National Landscape Partnership (NPNLP) Adders Up project, over the next three years research is being carried out with the aim to build a more complete picture of the distribution and conservation status of adders in the North Pennines.

Setting out refugia at Lintzgarth.

The NPNLP surveys use teams of volunteers through the 2025 survey season, aiming to complete at least 3 – 5 visits at both of the PWUT reserves. In the first year, the project is run in collaboration with the University of Newcastle to study the genetic diversity of adder populations across the North Pennines. The aim of this research is to determine how genetically isolated adder populations are and thus identify populations at greatest risk of extinction due to low genetic diversity and inbreeding depression.

2025-04-02