"Bob Hobden" <me DeleteThis @privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "shazzbat" wrote
>>I found a baby snake on the allotment this morning. I don't know what kind
>>it is, so I've posted a (not great) pic of it to
>>alt.binaries.pictures.gardens.
>>
>> You can have a look and tell me what kind it is if you like.
>>
>
> You have been privileged to see a Grass snake Steve.(Natrix natrix) The
> yellow neck collar is distinctive.
> Once common snake in the UK now getting rarer, not poisonous at all but a
> big one (3ft+) will give you a nasty nip if angry. I speak from
> experience!!!
> Often breed in compost heaps where it's warmer so commonly found in
> gardens/allotments because of that, as are Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis).
> Just let it go about it's business undisturbed, and where there is one
> there must be more. :-)
>
Thanks for that Bob. I didn't even realise I'd captured the head end, I had
to go and check when you mentioned the neck collar.
Steve
>> Stay informed about: baby snake 
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