A Conversation for The Slow-worm

In the garden

Post 1

Mina

I found one of these in my garden once - it was in a bag of seed compost. After quickly checking online to see if it was friend or foe (first time I'd seen one), I moved it to the compost heap. It would be warm there, with plenty of food.

I still regard it as the top moment of my wildlife gardening, and it was a couple of years ago now.


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Post 2

BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Hi Mina,

hen we first moved into our present house we used to find loads of them. But, as I said, in my article, they get predated by our 3 cats. We scarcely ever see one now. This was a major incentive for me to write the article, as I would like to make my garden =more slow-worm- friendly.

smiley - biggrin


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Post 3

Mina

I don't get to spend as much time in my garden now that I have a full time job and a long commute. There aren't many cats around here, my local community seem to have dogs, but annoyingly a neighbour got one recently. She claims it doesn't leave the garden, but I found a bunch of feathers in the garden at the weekend that looked a bit suspicious.


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Post 4

flyingtwinkle

how interesting!


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Post 5

Emmily ~ Roses are red, Peas are green, My face is a laugh, But yours is a scream

Thanks for writing this article BigAl smiley - smiley

I grew up in a small village, surrounded by fields, with lizards, slow-woms and adders smiley - yikes and caught many slow-worms and lizards smiley - wow

They're hard to find where I live now, or maybe becuse I didn't grow up here, I don't know the best places to look for them smiley - erm

A couple of weeks ago, I was out on a country cycle ride with my partner, we were stopping, and lifting stones, looking for slow-worms, when I saw my first baby slow-worm...I'd seen and caught many adults, but not babies. smiley - biggrin it moved so quickly, I only caught a glimpse of it.

Lucky you to find one in your garden Mina smiley - envysmiley - smiley It's been a few years since I've held one, and had it twist and turn between my fingers. I did manage to catch a few, a few years back, to show to my son, who for some strange reason, is afraid of snakes. I thought if I encouraged him to hold a 'snake like' slow-worm, it would help him to overcome his fear, but it didn't work. smiley - laugh

BigAl, I've just added a paragraph to my space, 'Memories of my childhood' about slow-worms, is it ok with you if I add the link to your entry?

Emmily
smiley - rose


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Post 6

BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Glad you liked it Emilly; I feel homnoured that you wish to create a link from your Space. Please feel free.

smiley - biggrin


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Post 7

Emmily ~ Roses are red, Peas are green, My face is a laugh, But yours is a scream

It's done, smiley - cheers BigAl

Emmily
smiley - rose


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