Has anyone seen any Snakes (Adders / Grass) or Lizards (Common) around the Sheffield area, there must be some as it is a bit rural in some areas.
And before someone says it, i don't mean the shops down Attercliffe.

I've seen a lizard at Burbage, Fox House.

I saw a grass snake about 5 years ago at the grounds at Whirlow Farm... :0) ... not seen a lizard tho !

i saw a geko on a walk on the opposite side of ladybower to win hill. It was amazing!

Used to catch grass/corn snakes when I was young, up on the "back-edge" (near Fox Hill) in the farmer's fields.


Never caught or seen a lizard in (or near, for that matter) Sheffield in the wild. Don't really expect to either.

Not in Sheffield.........but I saw my first adder last week whilst on holiday. It was basking in the sun on a coastal path in Anglesey. Unmistakeable diamond zig-zag markings all down it's back. Beautiful creature. I was gob-smacked to find it, having trod this footpath many times before, without knowing it was adder country.

I stared at it for quite a while, but the moment I shouted my partner to come over and see it - it slithered straight into a crack in a wall. I hung around for over an hour, but it never reappared, alas.

I cannot understand why people don't like snakes, though reading 'Snake' by DH Lawrence maybe provides some kind of answer.