Saw a baby adder on Dartmoor a few weeks ago. There is also a small grass snake in my compost heap, along with loads of slow worms. The snake is very timid and always the first to slither away when I lift the layer of carpet that covers the heap.
I'm glad I don't . Snakes freak me out, even if they're not poisonous like pythons. Must be some primeval instinct.
I am with fidgetbones on that one, snakes totally freak me out. My hubby is an Aussie, and on one of our walk in the Blue Mountains, I came dangerously close to a red bellied black snake. Without being over dramatic I feel this is the closest I have ever been to death... On the other hand I truly wish I was not that scared of them because they truly are fascinating creatures... anyway beautiful but freaky picture!
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Would love to see an adder in the wild.
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/environment/swimming-adder-snake-hickling-1-5554694
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.