I had a big snake like that last year. Came across it when I was weeding a flower bed, then I watered it when I was watering a bed by the house, it was so scared it slithered up the wall! It was a variety of grass snake. I've seen it several times but never been able to take a photo.
One year one slithered out of the log pile that we'd bought in for the wood burner. Don't know how it got there. Could one of us have carried it?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Evening Busy ?, quite possibly lol. There were 4/5 that day. I have a video somewhere that I will stick on my YouTube if I find it...I think there rather lovely....?
Thanks Aym...1st pic was straight out a shower and found this "Big Bhoy" while checking the garden over ...?. And this is ALL the thanks I get for moving him somewhere safe lol?! ????
Hi everyone and thanks for that Busy as I wasn't sure what type they were, we get lots of them and different colours, we also had a very large fire Salamander in the beginning of the year but it was outside late at night so no pic. I had taken it round beside the pond out of the dogs way and when I came inside and read up about it.....I should have been wearing gloves as they can be toxic....???
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No lol, lots of people don't like them but most do no harm if left to go about there business..??
I had a big snake like that last year. Came across it when I was weeding a flower bed, then I watered it when I was watering a bed by the house, it was so scared it slithered up the wall! It was a variety of grass snake. I've seen it several times but never been able to take a photo.
One year one slithered out of the log pile that we'd bought in for the wood burner. Don't know how it got there. Could one of us have carried it?
Evening Busy ?, quite possibly lol. There were 4/5 that day. I have a video somewhere that I will stick on my YouTube if I find it...I think there rather lovely....?
1RunnyBeak1.......The one and only ?. What a lovely pic.???
It looks like a salamander. I get them in my garden, not the same, mine are Fire Salamanders, shown in this link. http://www.wildlifeinfrance.com/fire-salamander-salamandra-salamandra-salamandre-tachet-e-france.html
Had another look at that website, think Clarice has a Marbled Newt.
Hi everyone and thanks for that Busy as I wasn't sure what type they were, we get lots of them and different colours, we also had a very large fire Salamander in the beginning of the year but it was outside late at night so no pic. I had taken it round beside the pond out of the dogs way and when I came inside and read up about it.....I should have been wearing gloves as they can be toxic....???