It pretended to be dead for half an hour and then sloped off.
It was about 18 inches to two feet long.
We found it in some thick grass next to our stream.
Any ideas?
Found this alive in the garden.
It pretended to be dead for half an hour and then sloped off.
It was about 18 inches to two feet long.
We found it in some thick grass next to our stream.
Any ideas?
yep definately a snake
Not an Adder, it looked puffed up like one, but not enough diamondback pattern
Had my book out - Grass snake not Adder, more diamonds on an adder, and yours has the black bits behind the head.
http://www.crislis.co.uk/adder/Grass_Snake.htm
[Edited on 19/5/12 by T66]
[Edited on 19/5/12 by T66]
I don't know, I just keep away from them! A guy I worked with came into work one day, having lost his dog the day before. He let it out on the grass at a motorway services and it was bitten. He didn't know until on the way home, went to a vets, but it was too late to do anything by the time they'd worked out what had happened.
certainly a grass snake and harmless unless you are a frog 
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Originally posted by dlatch
certainly a grass snake and harmless unless you are a frog
It's a grass snake. 
might give you a nip but that's about it. Adders are smaller and have a dark black band going down their back.
Great thread....but, I guess I'm missing the mid-engined connection ...
Cue snake jokes....
Check out the dead snake expression!
quote:
Originally posted by dlatch
certainly a grass snake and harmless unless you are a frog
Here's a picture of an Adder
Nearly stepped on this little bugger whilst walking the dog last summer. 