Eastern Garter Snake (Title Photo) – Definitely not from the UK!
Good Morning, Dear Readers! Some splendid scores this week, and everyone did remarkably well. In fifth place we have Belinda with 17.5 out of 24, only just behind Rosalind and Mike with 18. Then came Fran and Bobby Freelove with 22 out of 24, but the winner this week is Claire with 23.5 out of 24. Congratulations to everyone, and let’s see what I have in store for you all tomorrow 🙂
1) Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
2) Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis)
3) Leopard/Great Grey Slug (Limax maximus)
4) Ramshorn Snail (Planobarius corneus)
5) Earthworm/Lob Worm (Lumbricus terrestris)
6) New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus)
7) Adder (Vipera berus)
8) Large Black Slug (Arion ater)
9) Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)
10) Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca)
11) Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) – There was a population by the Regent’s Canal in London following an escape from London Zoo….
12) Brown-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
Photo Credits
Title Photo by Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo One by Andreas Eichler, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Two by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Three by Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Four by Bj.schoenmakers, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Five by s shepherd schizoform on flickr, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Six by By Flickr user Rae’s – https://www.flickr.com/photos/35142635@N05/15390553766/in/set-72157647844789000, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39818346
Photo Seven by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Eight by By Prashanthns – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4194945
Photo Nine by Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1732361
Photo Ten by Thomas Brown, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Eleven by By FelixReimann – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7433690
Photo Twelve by A. Abrahami, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
My week went without me! I nonetheless enjoyed seeing all of these pictures at the time.
Congrats to Claire! By pure chance, last week we observed a cat ‘playing’ with an Adder/Viper in the field just below our chalet. (I’ll send you a pic of the poor adder).