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  1. 09-08-2009 #1
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    Caught this one sunbathing on a leaf
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    Nice captures Joe

    Have sent you a PM
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    Nice one Joe, they are normally very shy.
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    Nice shots there - well spotted.. and a snack for later in the second one ?

    I think it may be a grass snake - a slow worm has a 'bullet shaped' head that just looks like the body has tapered off, and doesn't have any extra markings like the pale and black bits behind the head... I think. But I'm sure Rolf will know. But I do think it could go into the gallery as it's a nice clear shot.
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    Thanks to all of you. I stand corrected but will plead ignorance my knowledge of snakes and slow worms is very limited.
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    Yours and mine both Joe, had to look it up.

    As Louise says, we should have one of them in the gallery, perhaps the last one.
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    I don't know much about snakes either, but since we only 3 sorts (and slow worms), and I know what a slow worm looks like,that an Adder has a V on its head, and that Smooth Snakes are fairly rare and shy, I didn't have much to choose from .. so I'm not being that clever - and I've learned masses from being on here.
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    I would imagine that this is a young one as it was only about 6-8 inches long
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    We used to have slow worms in our garden and the boys used to bring them home.
    They are protected now, from being killed, injured or sold. That is how I knew straight away.
    Any way again . Lovely captures of the grass snake
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    You are so lucky - I haven't seen a snake in years.
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    Worked with a few though.
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    Fantastic shots, Joe!

    Well done!
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