Britain in Cold Blood - Slow Worm take 2

A sequence of a slow worm found after the breeding season, in July. This one was found in mid-Buckinghamshire.

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Pets & Animals

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• slow
• worm
• british
• reptile
• slowworm
• nature
• wildlife
• presenter
• ben
• waddams
• young
• lizard
• documentary

[reptileman999]

hi ben i live in leeds and i think slow worms are adorable will i be able to find one because i realyi want to see one up close. i really like your vids thanks.

jack

[benwaddams]

@reptileman999 Hi Jack, thanks for watching and commenting. You should definately be able to find a slow worm around the Leeds area. I had a very brief look on the internet and saw that Chevin Forest Park to the North-West of you has a fair few slow worms. Also, there are alot of golf clubs around you. Come spring, the edges of these may be great for slow worms. Have a look on your local 'wildlife trust' website and there should be more info.

Let me know if you find any. Happy hunting!

Ben

[B2004138]

Hi, great vid :)

just wondering, when I find one, are they tame and will I be able to just pick it up (with given respect) or is there a technique?

[benwaddams]

@B2004138 Thank you. They are very docile and happy to wrap around your fingers for a short while. Try to avoid touching their tail and always support them well and be gentle, as you say. Good luck finding one - you'll probably have to wait until march/april now, but keep me posted! Cheers,

Ben

[darkfire3089]

that thing is sooo cute! i was wonding if if was possible to find these in the south east? i love wildlife but i live in a large town so i don't get to see much wild life.

[benwaddams]

@darkfire3089 Absolutly - the south east is where I found this guy. It's the best part of the UK to find reptiles, apart from the south coast. You will need to get yourself out to a patch of heathland nearby and search there. Good luck and thanks,

Ben

[youkilledkenny2341]

@benwaddams hello. i live in Birmingham. could you tell me what sort of wildlife i can find in parks, fields or even a garden. i live quite near the Lickey hills nature park so i could look there.

thanks for any help you can give.

[spiderwebster]

i found a few in my garden and they all like to have a shit on me !!!!!

[harrys1stmate]

Awesome, we found one of these slow worms in our garden today and had no idea it was a limbless lizard, the kids and i have learned something very cool today and as they are so rare we feel privileged to have seen one!

[philosofeyes]

You have a great presenting style---could do TV!

[Roolooth99]

They certainly are beautiful and so very placid

[Uavbrynh]

Yo I found one the other day. It has a weird tail and is small compared to a snake.

[rammers2006]

Cool man,.... i work on cross country pipelines and have never seen one until last week when i saw two in as many days. Just outside Chippenham in some woodland where we were surveying. Very nice too... the one i saw has different colouring to that you have there... and was smaller...

[Arboktot]

where do you find one plz