dying to see one of these snakes in the uk, apparently there are some adders up at strensal common near york, might have to pop up on a warm hot day :)
I had to rescue a smooth snake. It was caught up in strawberry netting on my allottment in Suffolk. It didn't seem to mind being handled and didn't rush off afterwards even though it was the middle of a warm day. What a privalege to meet it. Typically I did not have a camera with me just like a year ago when I watched the only bittern I have ever seen eating a fish right out in the open because of low water level. Should carry a camera everywhere!!
@CarlR818 Hay this looks like a slow worm or legless lizard as there known in this part of the uk, completely harmless I hope you have let it go you are very privileged to have something like that living in your garden.
I was driving down a single lane in Devon this summer and noticed a slow worm in the middle of the road, I stopped and picked it up returning it to the hedge where it was out of harms way, I might be intervening with nature but I bet the slow worm never thought there was going to be a sodding road on its travels!! I wished the little fella safe travels and a bright future. ;)
there was a grass snake hibernating in my garage found it today had to get it out though, as we are having the garage knocked down and rebuilt was realy odd too see a snake never seen one out side of the zoo.
@sagecreeps wierdo if you dont like them dont watch snake related video's they are a national treasure and should be looked after and left alone not bullied by knobs like you
I went to Epping Forest and I was surprised to see what I thought was a snake. I even took a picture of it on my phone, but after seeing this video, I realised it wasn't a snake, but a slow worm, which are lizards. It was quite a small one, but I was very intrigue to see it !!!
I have never seen a snake in the wild but i have seen allot of slow worms ive even held one but i have only seen 2 big ones but ive seen allot of smaller ones
The music nearly drove me crazy... I have a photo of a snake here where I live in mid-Wales I think it might be a melanistic adder, but I can see little of it, I'll send photo if I have an Email addreess.
gretat vid, i used to live in bourne in linconshire and the is a woods that is 3 mile long. me and my dad used to catch grass snakes there but they are very hard to catch and mostly got to the lake before we had even seen them. i always looked for an adder but i have never even seen one.
Great video, i'm happy i identified them right :). I' doing a course on reptile ecology /surveying tommorow, so hopefully i'll see some Adders/grass snakes
Excellent presentation! I have seen a lot of adders on Cannock chase, they are beautiful snakes and we are lucky to have them. I wonder, have you seen the video on this site of that sploob being bitten by a snake that he and his friend are tormenting (must think he's Steve Irwin) Divine justice methinks!
Very useful, thank you. I have a Masters in Conservation but sadly, that doesn't help my ecological identification skills! This it was very informative and fun to watch. A great reminder tool, even for the already educated.
Beautiful, I found an adder skull in my local corn field, and a lot of tunnels through the mud and grass (long grass). Was thinking, could be a rabbit...no rabbit poo, could be a fox...to small, and there were these circle bit in the grass where it looked like half a ball, was thinking they could curl up there but yes I love looking for them where as my friend, well he was wearing shorts it was late I kept finding sign of adders being there and well, he, he was crapping himself!
This is good because when I was hunting with my air rifle I went paced some roots and a snake bit the end of my boot but I had steal caps on I probably stood on it
It might be worth mentioning, also that if Smooth Snakes are disturbed in any way, shape or form without a survey license, then that person is liable for prosecution, and possibly a Prison sentence!
very good footage people should be aware of the snakes and lizard's in the uk because people in this day and age do not respect the beautiful wild life we have because off the word phobia people will attack harmless wild life apart from the if i was a adder and got disturbed i would be hacked off so get people to reconnise what beautiful wild life we have.
Hi Rob, your video takes me back to my school days, when, having found most of the species as a child, I used to teach anyone who would listen how to identify British reptiles. I used to keep a set of photos of the 3 snake species for this - no computers, no internet in the 1950s! Anyway, your video presents exactly the right information, the right amount of information, at the right pace to take it in - and superb photos, to educate anyone who's curious enough to want to know!
Hi Rob, I have to say a great little film, love the music etc just one small detail about the grass snake it is not a constrictor - smooth snake yes - grass snake is more of a grab the animals and swallow - often the animals it has taken is alive when it ends up in its stomach.
I just noticed that there is a comment from Ben waddams - the grass snake wrangler himself - if that video of ben tormenting a grass snake is still on here then please boys and girls do not handle grass snakes like ben
hi, i have been observing adders at saunton sands in north devon where they seem to live in an abundance and can be spotted quite frequently. havnt taken any photos as yet though as i do not as yet have a suitable camera, but as soon as i do i will upload some.
that was great thanks a lot and well done! i hope a i see some of these rare creatures in real life in the wild...but my chances may be slim im not sure if theres many left in Scotland?
in the 80s growing up i kept grass snakes they were sold at pet shop in belfast.... my big female escaped and pregnant.... also kept slow worms... they bred for me
this was useful for me as i just found some sort of worm/lizard/snake in my garden. it was orangey colour about 50 cm, with a pointy nose/mouth, nothing like any of those shown in the vid...any ideas what it is? it has been lying very stiff for several days in the same position.
a few summers ago we went 2 a place in port talbot morfa beach we ad a bag of ad say 10 snakes we put them up the mounting by me in the summer u see loads of them now up the rezz we had a big 1 not far off 4 ft id say with a big lump on his neck
SPOT ON PAL! nice vid but u missed a few critical points like the adder has vertical pupils the smooth + grass has round ( if u see a snake completely blk + nt sure wat it is check the pupils round (pupils = HARMLESS vertical pupils = DANGAROUS ) .also the smooth snake has a stripe under or near the eyes
Very nice , informative video with superb photography. I`ve never seen a smooth snake but can certainly testify that an Adder bite is very painful ! As to the comment posted byILDJames - let it go you are breaking the law by keeping it and, even if you weren`t you should not have any animal if you don`t know how to feed it !
i saw a black adder i was with my mate under these trees where a little stream was the i saw somin thuaght oh its a stick curved but it moved and it was massive omg when it came towards we ran so fast the snake was the size of a bus honestly i dont want to go back there theres frogs snakes loads scary
I think I've seen all three and certainly an adder or 20 in the New Forest where I grew up! I used to fear all the snakes we saw but I appreciate them now.
Great video- not sure that adder-bitings are that common?! They just disappear with the approach of humans pretty quickly! A neighbour was bitten years ago but that's the only time I heard of it happening. Dogs cop it a bit more often! :P
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I've found a Adder before but it was dead ;( The cool thing was it was one of them All black Adders wish it would have been alive.
99atkinson 4 weeks ago
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99atkinson 4 weeks ago
thanks for the info now i know a large grass snake was in my garden when i was young i was only half a meter away as well.
69dragonlover 4 weeks ago
well done very usefull informations about UK s snakes...thanks
apobirmingham 1 month ago
dying to see one of these snakes in the uk, apparently there are some adders up at strensal common near york, might have to pop up on a warm hot day :)
MultiRB211 1 month ago
Learn something new everyday! :)
robertantwi 1 month ago
there are no smooth snakes in Suffolk
kikambala123 1 month ago
I had to rescue a smooth snake. It was caught up in strawberry netting on my allottment in Suffolk. It didn't seem to mind being handled and didn't rush off afterwards even though it was the middle of a warm day. What a privalege to meet it. Typically I did not have a camera with me just like a year ago when I watched the only bittern I have ever seen eating a fish right out in the open because of low water level. Should carry a camera everywhere!!
Saphira1948 1 month ago
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viperbite93 1 month ago
1 adder 2 grass snake and 3 smooth snake (exeptionaly rare) and im only 15 seconds in :)
TheReptileking011 1 month ago
The female at 1:36 is very pretty. Not particularly high in contrast, especially compared to that male, but sleek and elegant.
The common adder is the only snake found north of the Arctic Circle. In that region melanism is much more common as it helps the snake absorb heat.
AtarahDerek 1 month ago
The first one is the common adder... gotta love vipers!!!! <3 :3 <3
rattlingtotheend 2 months ago
Very impressed with that. Thank you.
Beadmaniac 2 months ago
thank you !!!
willmusgrave 3 months ago
Can anyone help me identify this. /watch?v=ANzXzlGeuuQ
CarlR818 3 months ago
@CarlR818 Hay this looks like a slow worm or legless lizard as there known in this part of the uk, completely harmless I hope you have let it go you are very privileged to have something like that living in your garden.
Luderman 1 month ago
I was driving down a single lane in Devon this summer and noticed a slow worm in the middle of the road, I stopped and picked it up returning it to the hedge where it was out of harms way, I might be intervening with nature but I bet the slow worm never thought there was going to be a sodding road on its travels!! I wished the little fella safe travels and a bright future. ;)
TheTweeky77 3 months ago
nice job
ShafikSnakes11 3 months ago
there was a grass snake hibernating in my garage found it today had to get it out though, as we are having the garage knocked down and rebuilt was realy odd too see a snake never seen one out side of the zoo.
crickcrack123 3 months ago
I'd Like too SEE the Grass Snake's EYE's Picked out by the Bird's.............
sagecreeps 4 months ago
@sagecreeps wierdo if you dont like them dont watch snake related video's they are a national treasure and should be looked after and left alone not bullied by knobs like you
TheReptileking011 1 month ago
scray
MsPencilbox 4 months ago
Like the music is it Joe Satriani ?
labyonnette 5 months ago
I went to Epping Forest and I was surprised to see what I thought was a snake. I even took a picture of it on my phone, but after seeing this video, I realised it wasn't a snake, but a slow worm, which are lizards. It was quite a small one, but I was very intrigue to see it !!!
dee74raz 5 months ago
I have never seen a snake in the wild but i have seen allot of slow worms ive even held one but i have only seen 2 big ones but ive seen allot of smaller ones
MasterDanXD 6 months ago
your lucky to see a snake in first place
hunterking100 6 months ago
The music nearly drove me crazy... I have a photo of a snake here where I live in mid-Wales I think it might be a melanistic adder, but I can see little of it, I'll send photo if I have an Email addreess.
monjoUtube 6 months ago
great vid
stu281 6 months ago
great video, i found a snake in a local river (coltashall, norfolk) it had a yellow collar but had a row of spots down its body, what is it?
TrampolineThomas 7 months ago
@TrampolineThomas that would be the grass snake dude!
69rpriceyboi 6 months ago
@69rpriceyboi K, Thanks :)
TrampolineThomas 6 months ago
gretat vid, i used to live in bourne in linconshire and the is a woods that is 3 mile long. me and my dad used to catch grass snakes there but they are very hard to catch and mostly got to the lake before we had even seen them. i always looked for an adder but i have never even seen one.
lianalvsben4eva 7 months ago
IN MY RIVER HASLINGFIELD CAMBRIDGE UK WE SAW AN ADDER IN THE GRASS THAT SAMDAY A GRASS SNAKE IN HE WATER FAB IM SPECIAL IF THERE RAE LOL
speedygon21 8 months ago
Great video, i'm happy i identified them right :). I' doing a course on reptile ecology /surveying tommorow, so hopefully i'll see some Adders/grass snakes
TheCrownedWolf 8 months ago
How come these snakes can live alright in a region that's mostly cold while other snakes require lots of hot sun?
RocketeerRaccoon 8 months ago
Love thang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alicaint 8 months ago
Excellent presentation! I have seen a lot of adders on Cannock chase, they are beautiful snakes and we are lucky to have them. I wonder, have you seen the video on this site of that sploob being bitten by a snake that he and his friend are tormenting (must think he's Steve Irwin) Divine justice methinks!
jcardrosebud 9 months ago
Grass snakes don't constrict, they just eat their prey live.
N330AA 9 months ago
where can you find an average grass snake
brandonashplant 9 months ago
nice vid
alex11bristol 10 months ago
Very useful, thank you. I have a Masters in Conservation but sadly, that doesn't help my ecological identification skills! This it was very informative and fun to watch. A great reminder tool, even for the already educated.
piggypie1 10 months ago
Beautiful, I found an adder skull in my local corn field, and a lot of tunnels through the mud and grass (long grass). Was thinking, could be a rabbit...no rabbit poo, could be a fox...to small, and there were these circle bit in the grass where it looked like half a ball, was thinking they could curl up there but yes I love looking for them where as my friend, well he was wearing shorts it was late I kept finding sign of adders being there and well, he, he was crapping himself!
RStuts304 10 months ago
This is good because when I was hunting with my air rifle I went paced some roots and a snake bit the end of my boot but I had steal caps on I probably stood on it
8995Ryan 10 months ago
Good if u live or want to travel to britain or maybe move. Very educational.
NoPuIzey 11 months ago
hi i once found a snake under a load of abandoned news papers, it was yellow with a red stripe down its back, what type is this?
oly2k7 11 months ago
Excellent video mate.
It might be worth mentioning, also that if Smooth Snakes are disturbed in any way, shape or form without a survey license, then that person is liable for prosecution, and possibly a Prison sentence!
MintyModF1 1 year ago
2:58 Kill it? More like die of laughter.... lol
michaeltrich 1 year ago
wow this was amazing
metalmysticmay 1 year ago
I love reptiles. hense the user name. this is a great video!
tortoise371 1 year ago
round eyes dont allways mean a snake is not venomous, mambas have round pupils, im by no means an expert but just thot id be a smart ass haha
bobscreen 1 year ago
very good footage people should be aware of the snakes and lizard's in the uk because people in this day and age do not respect the beautiful wild life we have because off the word phobia people will attack harmless wild life apart from the if i was a adder and got disturbed i would be hacked off so get people to reconnise what beautiful wild life we have.
nuttynellis 1 year ago
Hi Rob, your video takes me back to my school days, when, having found most of the species as a child, I used to teach anyone who would listen how to identify British reptiles. I used to keep a set of photos of the 3 snake species for this - no computers, no internet in the 1950s! Anyway, your video presents exactly the right information, the right amount of information, at the right pace to take it in - and superb photos, to educate anyone who's curious enough to want to know!
notepool2 1 year ago
Hi Rob, I have to say a great little film, love the music etc just one small detail about the grass snake it is not a constrictor - smooth snake yes - grass snake is more of a grab the animals and swallow - often the animals it has taken is alive when it ends up in its stomach.
I just noticed that there is a comment from Ben waddams - the grass snake wrangler himself - if that video of ben tormenting a grass snake is still on here then please boys and girls do not handle grass snakes like ben
JonCengland 1 year ago
hi, i have been observing adders at saunton sands in north devon where they seem to live in an abundance and can be spotted quite frequently. havnt taken any photos as yet though as i do not as yet have a suitable camera, but as soon as i do i will upload some.
nickoli72 1 year ago
Brilliant.
Keep educating us.
Lets hope others, with other knowledge, follow you.
Thank you.
arthur1411 1 year ago
great vid I enjoyed that thanx
MrBurty5 1 year ago
at 1:48 , it looks like part of a cannabis leaf haaa
2121coxy 1 year ago
Nicely done... Very well presented.
McSteamhammer 1 year ago
that was great thanks a lot and well done! i hope a i see some of these rare creatures in real life in the wild...but my chances may be slim im not sure if theres many left in Scotland?
keep it up brother
gillenpantera 1 year ago
Great video mate
munkeynut 1 year ago
The roach was a surprising catch to see
butcherofbielawa 1 year ago
Great pictures and a good and nice way to spread awarness
guyinthecloset 1 year ago
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chelseaboycfc 1 year ago
thankyou for uploading this clip,i found it very educational.
thecherylmay 1 year ago
Great video :)
estrellanocka 1 year ago
I nearly ran over a smooth snake on my bike!
I thought it was an adder untill I did some reasearch
they are brilliant creatures though
chalzegro 1 year ago
I LOVE SNAKES!!!!!!
seandillonsinger 1 year ago
Very helpful/ educational. Thanks!
digitalpunk006 1 year ago
a really nice identification video. Thank you
lordmontaguesbutler 1 year ago
A good film and a sensible guide to these animals.An excellent postscript re Slow Worms.
evajom1 1 year ago
good vid m8, looks like that 1 i had in the gareden was an adder then
tomtom66631 1 year ago
Count, me in.
cliptwingz 1 year ago
AWESOME footage :D
marksparey 1 year ago
Great didactic work !
Thanks for that from France where we have nearly same kinds of snakes and lizards.
BIBOPELULA 1 year ago
Cheers mate! Interesting shit!
wishingmeat 2 years ago
saw an adder first time last april in scotland... very beautiful in movement and iridescent colouring
pahoboye 2 years ago
in the 80s growing up i kept grass snakes they were sold at pet shop in belfast.... my big female escaped and pregnant.... also kept slow worms... they bred for me
pahoboye 2 years ago
Great photos mate and good education - we should team up!
Ben
benwaddams 2 years ago 9
Cheers mate... I try!
Just been on your fine art website - awesome paintings! Do you sell many? Might try and sell some of mine!
robbielab 2 years ago 5
Very good vid mate. Thanks for posting
DEROUGET 2 years ago
this was useful for me as i just found some sort of worm/lizard/snake in my garden. it was orangey colour about 50 cm, with a pointy nose/mouth, nothing like any of those shown in the vid...any ideas what it is? it has been lying very stiff for several days in the same position.
lauraw1920 2 years ago
I've learned from this video. Thanks :-)
Blenkinsop999 2 years ago
a few summers ago we went 2 a place in port talbot morfa beach we ad a bag of ad say 10 snakes we put them up the mounting by me in the summer u see loads of them now up the rezz we had a big 1 not far off 4 ft id say with a big lump on his neck
baglanstalion 2 years ago
very good video, i love reptiles, but its a shame that many people dont see these wonderful creatures in action inthe wild
damonmbk 2 years ago
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Very good video, Thanks.
TribalWar 2 years ago
a smooth snake shredded its skin at my dads old house!! we still have it now
lewdog12 2 years ago
The first snake I've ever seen in the uk was an adder (nearly touched it phew) excellent video:-)
earthb15 2 years ago
no w8 u gt it all dwn soz pal my bad
TomMAGIChands 2 years ago
SPOT ON PAL! nice vid but u missed a few critical points like the adder has vertical pupils the smooth + grass has round ( if u see a snake completely blk + nt sure wat it is check the pupils round (pupils = HARMLESS vertical pupils = DANGAROUS ) .also the smooth snake has a stripe under or near the eyes
TomMAGIChands 2 years ago
im pretty sure he mentions tht at 5.22 (:
devilsbiatch 2 years ago
|Good vid about rare precious animals !
in scotland in the lowlands we have 2 places called Blackadder and White adder Any connection?
SSWIKINGgrandson 2 years ago
Very nice , informative video with superb photography. I`ve never seen a smooth snake but can certainly testify that an Adder bite is very painful ! As to the comment posted byILDJames - let it go you are breaking the law by keeping it and, even if you weren`t you should not have any animal if you don`t know how to feed it !
longmelford 2 years ago
Lmao I have a baby adder, yes I'm aware its poisinous, any ideas on what to feed it ? I'd be majorly appreciative if someone could tell me, thanks
ILDJames 2 years ago
Mice, small though then bigger as it grows..........you are probly better with live mice though
dynamicz108 2 years ago
i saw a black adder i was with my mate under these trees where a little stream was the i saw somin thuaght oh its a stick curved but it moved and it was massive omg when it came towards we ran so fast the snake was the size of a bus honestly i dont want to go back there theres frogs snakes loads scary
shipsim123 2 years ago
haha there is a female adder at my stables my horse is at :L
gbpker4life 2 years ago
very good video intresting A*
devrish 2 years ago
very good video i no aboute snakes in uk nar ty
DaNsT3r100 2 years ago
Excellent video, I'm now educated on the UK's snakes
hitman40912 2 years ago
good video informative thanx
niholfc 2 years ago
we have some pretty mad looking snakes in this country, pitty ive never seen one!
the last one, the "worm", its basicly a snake with eyelids c'mon lets be honest lol. awesome vid good to hear some Satriani too!!!
catchy1986 2 years ago
i was camping in the lammermuirs and we found an adder :D
krisboyd01 2 years ago
its joe satriani, always with me, always with you.
glasshouse46 2 years ago
Adder's is most popullar snakes in european's forests :P
NonafK 2 years ago
great video.. do they also have british accent..?
JnthnFRbn29 3 years ago 2
is the music steve vai? it souns similar lol
steveshreds 3 years ago
top video
jonahmccarthy 3 years ago
I think I've seen all three and certainly an adder or 20 in the New Forest where I grew up! I used to fear all the snakes we saw but I appreciate them now.
Great video- not sure that adder-bitings are that common?! They just disappear with the approach of humans pretty quickly! A neighbour was bitten years ago but that's the only time I heard of it happening. Dogs cop it a bit more often! :P
Great job!
drodga 3 years ago
kool video.
Ryan9580 3 years ago
nice video.
i hear alot of stories about people killing smooth and grass snakes because they think its an adder.
this will help alot of people =]
unfortunatly i've never seen any of these snakes around my area.
RyanRedemption 3 years ago