Suffolk, England

Hello Tarkey, Slow worms are just legless lizards and don't usually have any pattern on their skin's I have seen one about eighteen inches long and lots of people mistake them for the Grass Snake which is very common in Suffolk and in fact the further south you go in England the more you see, Grass Snakes love the warmth and often bask in a patch of sunlight on most heath's. A lot of people say they have never seen one but if you go walking slowly in the countryside you tend to see lots more than if you go blundering along through bushes etc. The Grass Snake and the Adder will feel you walking long before you get to them and will usually be gone by the time you get to where they were. My Son caught one at Levington Marina last year and brought it home for me to identify. They can grow up to three feet long and are easy to identify as they have two yellow patches right behind the head one on each side, sometimes this looks like a yellow ring behind the head, they are harmless so don't harm them.
I wonder you don't see them around that old Control Tower where you spend so much time, that is ideal ground for Grass Snakes, if by chance on a warm sunny day you come across an old bit of board or tin laying in the sun lift it up and you might be lucky, you might even see a Slow worm.

-- Edited by Admiral Wormbones at 17:06, 2008-05-16