5th one this morning

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Clearing a path into woods at rear of house found a load of slow worms .Used to find lots when i was a schoolboy.
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My sisters garden use to have plenty
They’d lay on the rocks at the back of her garden laying in the sun
Lovely creatures
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Jeffire wrote: Sun Apr 04 2021 11:15 -
Clearing a path into woods at rear of house found a load of slow worms .Used to find lots when i was a schoolboy.20210404_110859.jpg


Please report your location - https://www.arc-trust.org/slow-worm

They are a protected species and need special care when relocating.

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Mike J wrote: Sun Apr 04 2021 11:29 -
Jeffire wrote: Sun Apr 04 2021 11:15 -
Clearing a path into woods at rear of house found a load of slow worms .Used to find lots when i was a schoolboy.20210404_110859.jpg


Please report your location - https://www.arc-trust.org/slow-worm

They are a protected species and need special care when relocating.

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Yes i know they are protected , and are not being relocated, my area is well known as a hotspot.
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The occasional Adder and Grass Snake, yes, "Slow Worms", not seen for many years.

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So many adders here , got to be very careful walking dogs .
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Once in Launceston, Mrs C Heavily pregnant with our Chem , Josh and I returned to the car to find her stood at the side of it cos " a bloody great snake" was next to it....biggest slow worm.ever. Will have to find the photo on the laptop.
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Poor things are cat fodder around here ...
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The last one I saw was barely alive, lying in the middle of the road outside my house, something had been putting holes in it :sad: .

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Only ever seen one in my life and that was when i was a kid on holiday somewhere near Christchurch or Ringwood. A fascinating creature being a legless lizard.

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Havnt seen a slow worm ever great stuff :thumbs:
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We have them in our garden, usually in the compost heap but occasionally under stones etc. Unfortunately one of our chickens was running round with one in its beak the other day,it must have slithered under the electric netting. I managed to catch the chicken but only a flick to the side of the head would make it let go!
Thought poor slowy was a goner, was unmoving,eyes shut and didn’t appear to be breathing. I watched it for a while then thought sod it , opened its mouth a bit and blew in!
It gulped a couple of times,opened one eye and moved a bit so I put it under a slab where it could recover. It was gone the next day.Was it playing dead or did the ‘kiss’ of live do the trick,I’ll never know!
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In all my years ive yet to see one!
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Mattjb wrote: Mon Apr 05 2021 09:18 -
We have them in our garden, usually in the compost heap but occasionally under stones etc. Unfortunately one of our chickens was running round with one in its beak the other day,it must have slithered under the electric netting. I managed to catch the chicken but only a flick to the side of the head would make it let go!
Thought poor slowy was a goner, was unmoving,eyes shut and didn’t appear to be breathing. I watched it for a while then thought sod it , opened its mouth a bit and blew in!
It gulped a couple of times,opened one eye and moved a bit so I put it under a slab where it could recover. It was gone the next day.Was it playing dead or did the ‘kiss’ of live do the trick,I’ll never know!
Fair play to you Matt, it would be nice to think it has survived :thumbs: .

You probably shocked it into life when you brought it up to your mug, it will have thought you were going to eat it :afraid: :laughs: .

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