Snake in the garden

[Livewirex 10]

My son went out yesterday into his garden in Oughtibridge and found a Grass snake coiled up on his lawn, he first thought it was some animal droppings. He later released it away from the houses. Anyone else found one in Sheffield recently?

[AJ sheffield 11]

My dad was walking the dog with my young un along Claywheels lane and they found a snake basking in the sun just at the start of Beeley Wood. It was about 2 foot long and was brown with some yellow in it.

By the time my daughter got her phone out to take a pic the dog scared it off.

[AKITA 10]

My dad was walking the dog with my young un along Claywheels lane and they found a snake basking in the sun just at the start of Beeley Wood. It was about 2 foot long and was brown with some yellow in it.

By the time my daughter got her phone out to take a pic the dog scared it off.

 

 

 

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/Adder

[AJ sheffield 11]

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/Adder

 

I'm sure the daughter said it was thin like a lace, I will ask her later.

I've never heard of Adders coming right into Sheffield but I suppose that route through the woods would bring them right in.

[AKITA 10]

I'm sure the daughter said it was thin like a lace, I will ask her later.

I've never heard of Adders coming right into Sheffield but I suppose that route through the woods would bring them right in.

 

I know a kid from school that got bit by a adder and that was in stocksbridge.

[shanes teeth 10]

I saw an adder in Ecclesall woods earlier this summer. I would have thought it's getting a bit cold for them now but I suppose they may still bask in the sun in a sheltered spotIt's the first one I've ever seen anywhere round here.

[Rich 12]

Aren't Adders the nasty ones? They're good at maths as well aren't they? Being Adders and all?

 

Er, yeh... Rubbish joke, I'll wake up eventually..

 

*gets coat*

[Lewis 10]

^^

I have yet to see a snake around Sheffield, adders and grass snakes not totally un-common in the peak i don't think. Seen them down in Cornwall etc.

Did however see a bird in the garden that wasn't like the normal birds we get around here, after a fair bit of research found out it was the Grey patridge, and we only live just off Ecclesall Road

[lyndix 10]

A friend sent me a pic not long back of one she`d seen at rother valley, it was massive, just sliding along the path.

[jrowl 10]

Aren't Adders the nasty ones? They're good at maths as well aren't they? Being Adders and all?

 

Er, yeh... Rubbish joke, I'll wake up eventually..

 

*gets coat*

 

Lol adders are not not nasty there venomous and only usually bite/strike when threatened or provoked and grass snakes are constrictors but may still bite when handled.I myself never saw a grass snake until one day next to the river rother and saw two of them and since then i have seen two more while fishing at various places.Adders have diamond shapes along there body and a wideish head because venom glands and grass snakes have a yellow collar round there neck and are a lot longer i think they can grow to about 4-5 feet in length

[kopman9 10]

I saw an Anoconda in the Don

[TESTPASS 10]

I saw an Anoconda in the Don

 

was probably fishing, a lot of eastern europeans have been seen down near the canal bason too.