Slow Worm

I saw this slithering across our lawn this morning and thought I’d share…

Slow Worms – they’re not very slow and they’re not worms.

But they are pretty cool when you find one just taking it’s time crossing the lawn. I think this one was a female. It had very dark sides and a thin line down the back. Maybe she was looking for somewhere to give birth…?

I watched it for a bit until it reached the bushes, making sure it wasn’t going to be a little feast for the neighbour’s cats.

5 thoughts on “Slow Worm”

  1. This one was about 30cm long. I was really close – I stroked it. But the first picture is a zoom. It seemed happy enough to slither straight towards me at one point.
    It didn’t look pregnant – no fat lumps. If I’d seen fat lump I might have thought it was it’s dinner – a fat slug.

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