Jun 25 2010
Snake on the plain
Out for a run yesterday on the tank tracks, I almost ran over a Grass Snake. To be fair, the snake was tracking out of my way at a suprising rate of knots. What was suprising was the size of the snake - I’m used to seeing small Grass Snakes, about 12-18 inches long and pencil thin - but this snake was at least two foot long and thick as a hosepipe, so considerably bigger than I was expecting. Interestingly, those friendly folks at Wikipedia suggest that Grass Snakes can grow to six foot long!
This is one of the joys of running off-road - I normally see green woodpeckers and recently a lot of Jays. Foxes and various types of deer are also quite common. It’s absolutely fantastic.