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Post by paul on Aug 19, 2008 10:09:15 GMT 1
Hope this works, only joined yesterday. Anyway took this picture last Friday and thought some of you might be interested. Regards Paul  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 19, 2008 10:18:52 GMT 1
OMG! That IS amazing.......I don't think I've ever seen a picture like that before........  |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 19, 2008 10:22:59 GMT 1
Incredible! Did it eat the fish?
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Post by floweringcherry on Aug 19, 2008 10:23:23 GMT 1
What an amazing photo! Was it in your garden and did it eat the fish?
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Post by debbiem on Aug 19, 2008 10:24:45 GMT 1
WHAAT! Did you take that in your garden Paul? How did the snake get the fish? Is that an adder? Do they fish for fish?
OMG that is really a fantastic photo - not so good for the poor old fish though!
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Post by bogmyrtle on Aug 19, 2008 10:27:46 GMT 1
Wow, that is an incredible photograph Paul! Thanks for posting it.
Did it eat it?
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 19, 2008 10:30:05 GMT 1
Is that an Equisetum I spy? My favourite pond plant! I think they're beeeoootiful...... Now you've mastered putting pictures on the board, can I be really nosy and ask to see the rest of the pond please?  Just want to add - I think you just won the prize for 'Best First Picture', Paul! |
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Post by paul on Aug 19, 2008 10:39:06 GMT 1
It was a bit concerned with me running around with my dressing gown on and aiming a flashing light from my camera at it and my wife jumping up and down shouting 'snake snake' and the dog barking franticly it decided it wasn't that hungry after all, spat out the now dead fish and jumped back into the pond where it still lives.
Regards
Paul.
p.s. Neighbors haven't spoken to me since, what ever did they think?
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Post by debbiem on Aug 19, 2008 10:42:10 GMT 1
They're only jealous - they want one.  What kind of snake do you think it is? |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 19, 2008 10:45:50 GMT 1
Do you know what the snake was?
We only have 2 native snakes I believe - grass snake and adder.
I'm guessing that this is a grass snake.
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Post by paul on Aug 19, 2008 10:49:04 GMT 1
RSPCA rang me after the picture was in our local paper and said it was a common grass snake and harmless. Plus points are that it means the pond is healthy (snakes don't like 'out of balance' environments. Unlike the fish it can move on) and at the cost of a frog or small fish it will keep rodents away.
Natures balance I suppose.
I'm O.K. with it. Better than channel 4 any day.
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Post by emseypop on Aug 19, 2008 10:49:10 GMT 1
Even I'd run round in my dressing gown to get a pic like that! My kids love it. |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 19, 2008 10:51:14 GMT 1
RSPCA rang me after the picture was in our local paper and said it was a common grass snake and harmless. Plus points are that it means the pond is healthy (snakes don't like 'out of balance' environments. Unlike the fish it can move on) and at the cost of a frog or small fish it will keep rodents away. Natures balance I suppose. I'm O.K. with it. Better than channel 4 any day. Too right. I'd love to have a grass snake in my garden. Sweetie had slow worms on her allotment last year. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 19, 2008 10:55:20 GMT 1
I have grass snakes in my garden.
I also get foxes and a badger last autumn.
And cats and pigeons and magpies and....
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Post by emseypop on Aug 19, 2008 11:23:46 GMT 1
4p, could do with getting some grass snakes to get rid of her rodent hoards, I just had a mental picture of her with snakes in her hair........don't turn me to stone!
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 19, 2008 11:37:35 GMT 1
I wouldn't dream of it Emsey...although I can think ofa few I'd like too..... We have found a discarded adder skin in the garden but p'raps adders don't eat rats..?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 19, 2008 12:37:43 GMT 1
I'm not surprised about the adders. There seem to be a lot in your part of the world.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 19, 2008 20:29:15 GMT 1
nature in the raw.....I haven't seen a grass snake since we moved to the Midlands 25 years ago!...used to see them when we lived in Bedfordshire (altho not often)
poor little fish tho...
Amazing photo Paul...I hope that you were kitted out with correct safety equipment? crash helmet, goggles, gauntlets, leather apron and teflon pants. (Courtesy of RATBAGS inc)....you can never be too careful when dealing with snakes...do you speak Parseltongue?
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Post by madonplants on Aug 20, 2008 20:38:56 GMT 1
Do you know what the snake was? We only have 2 native snakes I believe - grass snake and adder. I'm guessing that this is a grass snake. .....and Smooth Snake!! Great picture of the Grass Snake, Paul. I remember my first one I saw as a kid. My Dad had run over it with his lawnmower in the garden at the Manor House and I had to bring it home, didn't I? In a jamjar would you believe, dead as a Dodo. My Mum was not pleased as it stank the place out! Well, I was only little!! |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 21, 2008 14:36:45 GMT 1
Thats an amazing picture  and the poor fish was it a shabumpkin? people blame the heron for taking their fish!! maybe the grass snake is guilty. Keep them coming Paul nice to see we have a new member. |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Aug 27, 2008 16:18:53 GMT 1
Hope this works, only joined yesterday. Anyway took this picture last Friday and thought some of you might be interested. Regards Paul Thats amazing, I think that would make my year, if I saw that in my garden! Thank you very much for posting it, Paul. The imagery of you running around the garden with your DG on and your wife shouting "snake, snake!" put a grin on my face too...... ;D |
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Post by madonplants on Aug 27, 2008 18:15:05 GMT 1
Thats an amazing picture and the poor fish was it a shabumpkin? people blame the heron for taking their fish!! maybe the grass snake is guilty. Keep them coming Paul nice to see we have a new member. Don't think grass snakes could take koi though, unless they were on steroids, I suppose! |
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