ghillies 209 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) i've seen more grass snakes than any thing, slow worms? never seen one, adders, the odd one as in rarely over the years. but then again i live in the town end, every where you go round here has a village or a tesco.. next to the main A road or moterway lol. takes some doing to get away from it tbh. (that and people everywhere at 3 am nowadays..). Edited June 14, 2012 by ghillies Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 i've seen more grass snakes than any thing, slow worms? never seen one, adders, the odd one as in rarely over the years. but then again i live in the town end, every where you go round here has a village or a tesco.. next to the main A road or moterway lol. takes some doing to get away from it tbh. (that and people everywhere at 3 am nowadays..). theres a place in holyhead thats alive with slow worms, well it was a good few years ago. Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 a full size is huge btw.. really really long, butyes theyre about even in towns on playing feilds, adders not so coman but still about. fishing the best time to see them, when sat still they slither on past not bothered, or even better a weird thing swiming..grass snake. and finally, if you ever meet one on a path and it proper rears up at you, yes it will bite but, its a complement they cant taiste/feel you like nowbodies biznes from undreds or yards away so you stalking is on form lol. A "huge grass snake is still only 5 foot or so, hardly an anaconda Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Used to be loads of sloworms around my old place in Tenby. Seen hundreds over the years there, never seen them anywhere else. Quote Link to post
Night Hunter 109 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Quite possible, i went for a nice walk in Norfolk several years ago with a member of here, the wood contained numerous adders and grass snakes and said member used to work with the springwatch people to provide snake "hot spots", we found a large grass snake, they rarely bite but do produce a nasty smelling musk when alarmed........... they fecking stink, loads around here, the dog picked one up and shock it a while back the fecker ended up round my legg had to chuck my best asda jeans away Did you throw them away due to the snake musk or due to the sh1t that ran down yer leg...lol Quote Link to post
kenny14 656 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 a full size is huge btw.. really really long, butyes theyre about even in towns on playing feilds, adders not so coman but still about. fishing the best time to see them, when sat still they slither on past not bothered, or even better a weird thing swiming..grass snake. and finally, if you ever meet one on a path and it proper rears up at you, yes it will bite but, its a complement they cant taiste/feel you like nowbodies biznes from undreds or yards away so you stalking is on form lol. A "huge grass snake is still only 5 foot or so, hardly an anaconda huge.... fishing the best time to see them....... I swear it was this big 1 Quote Link to post
ghillies 209 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 average full grown yes.. average sighted 2-3 feet long...they get bigger on occasion. only through personal sighting though lol..yawn lol. never seen them swimming? i see them more times in the water than on the bank. Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Meanwhile down the canal Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 we had to fight our way to school, they were the real grass snakes back then not the tiddlers you see now 1 Quote Link to post
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